September 3, 1890 On the North Sea coast of eastern England, a lighthouse in the town and civil parish of Southwold was officially inaugurated. Construction on Southwold Lighthouse began in 1887 under the supervision of James Nicholas Douglass (1826-1898), engineer-in-chief of Trinity House from 1862 to 1892. (Trinity House is the official authority for lighthouses... Continue Reading →
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