Sandhammaren

Lighthouse

55°23′12″N 14°11′35″E / 55.386746°N 14.193058°E / 55.386746; 14.193058TowerConstructed1862Constructioncast iron skeletal towerAutomated1976Height29.5 metres (97 ft)Shapeconical skeletal tower with central cylinder, balcony and lanternMarkingsred tower, greenish lantern domePower sourcerapeseed oil, kerosene, electricity

OperatorSwedish Maritime Administration (Sjöfartsverket)^[1]Heritagegovernmental listed building complex, governmental listed building

LightFocal height32 metres (105 ft)Lens2° Focal plane lensRange22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi)CharacteristicFl W 5s.Sweden no.SV-6545

Sandhammaren is a Swedish lighthouse, and the name of both a beach and a point east of Ystad in Scania. At first two identical lighthouses were constructed, because it was a risk to mistake this lighthouse with the one on Ertholmene. The flame first ran on colza oil. Later on (1891), one of the lighthouses was put out of service and moved to Pite-Rönnskär in Norrland, at the same time the lamp was transformed to a paraffin lamp. The lighthouse was electrified in 1952.

The Swedish Maritime Administration owns and runs the lighthouse.

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Sweden: Scania (Helsingborg-Malmö Area)". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2016-04-06.