Penzance Light with St. Michaels Mount in the background (above)Okay, so drive from Newlyn along the front and eventually you'll reach the harbour area just before the terminus of the Great Western Railway.
Again, a white light with a black base (kind of like Derby County FC) which seems very popular down here. Built in 1853 it stands 31 feet high and is located on the end of the pier wall.The first lighthouse here was a lantern which got washed away in a storm in 1817. A more substantial lighthouse was built in 1817 but only lasted till 1824 when it got washed away again by a storm. Subsequently an Argand lamp in a wooden hut was used until the present lighthouse went up.
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