Lage vuurtoren van Ijmuiden

The Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden is a round, solid iron lighthouse in IJmuiden, Netherlands, designed by using Quirinus Harder. Became a Dutch architect great recognised for having designed a large variety of lighthouses. He worked as a structural engineer for the Loodswezen, the Dutch organisation overseeing all maritime pilots. Harder's lighthouses were manufactured from forged iron, a new material at the time, which allowed for segmented fabrication and construction. It changed into constructed in 1878 through D.A. Schretlen & Co, a organisation in Leiden and activated the following yr.

In 1909, the top 3 sections were moved to Vlieland wherein they serve as a separate lighthouse. In 1966 the lighthouse turned into moved slightly. Together with the Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden, the 24-metre excessive lighthouse paperwork a couple of main lighting marking the IJgeul the entrance on the North Sea to the North Sea Canal. The lighthouse now has five storeys and 88 steps; it's miles unmanned and no longer open for traffic. Since 1981 it's far a Rijksmonument.