Beacon of Felgueiras
The Beacon of Felgueiras, on the right bank of the Douro River, is a Portuguese lighthouse is located at the tip of the jetty with the same name, in the parish of Foz do Douro, Porto City.
It is a hexagonal tower in granite masonry, about ten feet high. It has balcony and red lantern, and a small annex building with plastered and whitewashed walls.
The term "Water of Felgueiras" was awarded because it was built towards the stone Felgueiras, that lies to the west border.
Before disabling the beacon had a range of 9 nm, emitting a red lightning every 5 seconds.
history
1790 - beginning of the jetty construction work; on 15 February, Reinaldo Oudinot by royal charter is responsible for directing the work related to the opening of the Porto bar, from the mouth of the river to the city.
1886 - Construction of the beacon.
1945 - Beacon modernization work for Felgueiras, thus making unnecessary the lighthouse lady of light.
1979 - began the automation of Beacon of Felgueiras at the entrance of the Douro bar and rear lights of the port of Leixões (Breakwater, Water North and South Mole). These tail lights, came to be controlled remotely from the Leca da Palmeira Lighthouse, using equipment designed for this purpose. It was the first network of remote controlled tail lights of the Portuguese coast.
90 - maintenance works.
2009 - Disabled, keeping in operation the buzzer.
Andreas Liesendahl 31. Oktober 2023, 12:57
An impressively beautiful photo of lighthouse in roaring seaGreetings Andreas
Golden_Eye 11. September 2021, 11:24
Ich kann die Wellen schlagen hören ... stark!LG Claudia
Lana 1 4. Mai 2021, 13:47
The power of nature- wild and impressive! BrigittaRose10 25. September 2019, 15:48
superbe ++ !! @ RoseOlga W 30. August 2019, 14:10
eine starke aufnahme!gruß olga
ayla77 25. Juni 2019, 20:02
Wild! Lg, Bettinaalicefairy 14. Juni 2019, 17:36
that beautiful picture reminds me of a songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNTf8iublLc
Lg Alice
Marion Stevens 14. Juni 2019, 15:08
Wunderbar , so von Wellen umtost!Gruß
Marion
Sonja Grünbauer 21. Mai 2019, 12:39
we also have many light towers similar to this one....looks wild with the waves.there is much combined history with Portugal and South Africa....lovely
Cecile 1. April 2018, 8:48
Eine wirklich großartige Aufnahme ist das !Elfi Cecile
AMY CALVO MARCOS 31. März 2018, 23:15
PRECIOSA IMAGEN MARINA DE GRAN BELLEZA E IMPACTO VISUAL.noblog 4. Mai 2017, 15:21
starke Aufnahmevoller Dynamik
LG Norbert
BENAHOARE 26. April 2017, 19:55
ESPECTACULAR SENSACION VISUAL, DINAMICA, PLASTICA Y TEXTURAL.UNA IMAGEN MARINA PRECIOSA ANTONIO.
BUBUL 23. April 2017, 13:09
magnifique cliche antonio.bon dimanche.amicalement.gillesTrugbild 6. März 2017, 23:13
Wonderful, this Lighthouse. Greetings Adeltraut