Eras
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1867 A completely new Lowestoft Low Light, made of wrought iron. It was designed to be moveable.
Added: 23 September, 2023As the sandbanks shifted and Pakefield lighthouse was declared redundant and closed in 1864. The lighthouse’s 10m high tower has since been used as a war-time oservation post, store-room and holiday camp darkroom.
Added: 23 September, 20231850 Pakefield Light House moved to Kessingland because the channel had shifted. The Pakefield LH tower is still there, in the holiday centre. The light was finally extinguished in 1864.
Added: 23 September, 20231832 Pakefield Lighthouse (red light) built to help navigate through the channel between the Barnard and Newcombe Sands. The station was made of brick.
Added: 23 September, 20231832 Low Light rebuilt with brick foundation to stop it falling into the sea
Added: 23 September, 20231796 High Light fitted with "eleven Argand burners set in the focus of silvered reflectors" (p102 Lights of East Anglia by Neville Long, 1983)
Added: 23 September, 2023
Early in 1903 construction started of the Tramway from Florence Road in Pakefield to Yarmouth Road in north Lowestoft. A spur was built along Denmark Road to the tramshed (still there)in Rotterdam Road. It was 3 ft 6 ins gauge, with the rails imported from Germany.
Added: 23 September, 20231974 the High Light is now fully automatic.
Added: 23 September, 2023