Headlight of Honfleur

The Phare of Honfleur , also called headlight of Cliff of the Funds is located on the commune of Honfleur, Département of the Apple-brandy, on southern bank of the estuary of the the Seine downstream from the Pont of Normandy.

It marks out the entry of the outer harbor of Honfleur.

History

In 1853, a first headlight says “headlight of the Hospital” was built in complement of the Phare of Fatouville. It replaced an old tower of wood (called turn with fire ) which succeeded a simple reverberator installed by the hydrograph de Gaulle, a naval engineer (1732-1810). It was lit in 1857 and functioned until in 1908, date on which it was extinguished and its lantern deposited. It is from now on the property of the town of Honfleur.

In 1908, a second headlight was carried out with the extinction of the headlight of Fatouville to announce the western entry of the port of Honfleur. It was equipped with a fire with 2 occultations/8 seconds (3 white sectors, 2 red sectors and a green sector). In 1933, it is electrified and modified on fire with 2 occultations/12 seconds (coloured sectors: 3 white, 2 reds, 1 green).

It extinct during the war and is relit in 1951.

Current headlight

The headlight of Honfleur was slightly modified after the war, during the construction of the road.

It is a white square tower in apparent stone masonry, stone cornice and chaining of angle of granite size of Cherbourg. It is raised green lantern and equipment coming from the old headlight of the Hospital. It is equipped with a fire with 3 éclats/12 seconds (white, red, green coloured sectors). A red light, present on the headlight of the pier is, supplements indication.

Internal bonds

List of the headlights of France

External bonds

old headlight of the Hospital
of the current headlight
Headlight of Honfleur (Mérimée Base - inheritance)

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