Tallinn Range Front Lighthouse (Tallinn)

Estonia / Harju / Peetri / Tallinn / Valge, 3
 lighthouse, interesting place, 1800s construction

1806. Active; focal plane 49 m (161 ft); white or green light, depending on direction, 1.5 s on, 1.5 s off. 18 m (59 ft) octagonal pyramidal wood tower mounted at one end of a 2-story rectangular keeper's house. Entire building painted red. White light is shone on the range line and green to the right. The range guides ships approaching Tallinn in the main channel from the northwest. The pyramidal tower was added in 1839. The house was damaged in World War II, but was repaired; it was further renovated in 1959. Located on Valge Street near Kadrioru Park in Tallinn. Site open, tower closed.
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Coordinates:   59°26'14"N   24°47'54"E
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