Symbister Ness Lighthouse
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
This is a copy of a JD Ratter postcard which is date stamped 1905
Basic Information :
| Name | Symbister Ness Lighthouse |
| Position | Latitude: 60° 20, 30 N
Longitude: -1° 2, 6 W |
| Location | At the south west point of the island of Whalsay |
| Description | The first lighthouse was a white octagonal tower The tower that stands there now is a 23 foot high square skeletal tower, enclosed with white aluminium panels |
| Built by | The old was built by David A. & Charles Stevenson |
| First lit | 1904 |
| Character | Flashing (2)White/Green (depends on direction) every 12 seconds |
| Nominal Range | White, 8 miles - Green, 6 miles |
| Elevation | 36 foot |
| Automated | - |
| Other information | It was the first lighthouse in the Northern Lighthouse service to use acetylene gas as its power source A new tower has been built, (year unknown), to replace the old |
