Brier_Island_Lighthouse_(3)_-_cropped.jpg (205 × 431 pixels, file size: 62 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Wikimedia Commons Logo
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons and may be used by other projects. Information from its description page there is shown below.
Commons is a freely licensed media file repository.

Summary

Description
English: Brier Island Lighthouse.

The first lighthouse was wooden structure, the first lighthouse on SW coast of Nova Scotia. In 1818 it was described as "so vilely constructed and ill lighted" it was a hazard. By 1832 it had been rebuilt, due inefficiency. This light was an octagonal wood tower with a metal lantern. The building was painted white, with 3 red bands. A large fog signal building also stood on the site. This tower burned in 1944 and was replaced by the current concrete tower.

Lighthouse Location: West point of island Lighthouse Structure: Octagonal concrete tower, white & red bands The lighthouse was built and first lit in 1944. Tower height: 060ft feet. Light height: 095ft feet. Light range: 17 miles. Light characteristic: Flashing White (1992).

Light automated (destaffed): 1987
Date
Source
image extraction process
This image has been extracted from another file
: Brier Island Lighthouse (3).jpg
original file
Author
Dennis G. Jarvis   wikidata:Q122977591
 
Dennis G. Jarvis
Alternative names
pseudonym: archer10; Archer10
Description photographer
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q122977591
Please see the license conditions. Also, if used outside WMF projects, the photographer would appreciate if you'd let them know

Licensing

w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

inception

9 August 2014

media type

image/jpeg

checksum

821d0ff5f420cbe61dec405ae6336c9f84ff42e9

determination method or standard: SHA-1

data size

63,696 byte

height

431 pixel

width

205 pixel

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current02:42, 9 August 2014Thumbnail for version as of 02:42, 9 August 2014205 × 431 (62 KB)Anna FrodesiakUser created page with UploadWizard

There are no pages that use this file.

Global file usage

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/File:Brier_Island_Lighthouse_(3)_-_cropped.jpg"