Hesaki

Hesaki
Address Moji ward, Kitakyushu city, Fukuoka prefecture
Commissioning
date
January 22, 1872
Color White
Construction
Material
Stone
Light Character F Fl W 15s
Luminous Intensity 210,000 cd (Flash)
2,200 cd (Fixed Light)
Range 17.5 M
Height 9.7 m
Height above
sea level
39.1 m
Lens 3rd Ordered Fresnel Lens
Moter Drien Mercury Bath
Power source Commercial power

The stone material of the tower is granite. In April of 1867, the Osaka pact for the opening of the Hyogo port (December. of the same year) was concluded between the shogunate and the diplomatic representative of England. This is one of the 5 lighthouses of that time.

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