The lighthouse was built in 1881 by order of King William III. The tower was designed by Quirinus Harder and was built by foundry Nering Bögel in Deventer. The individual segments were shipped to Ameland and placed on top of each other on site. The lighthouse is 55.3 meters high and has 15 floors. The staircase to the top has 236 steps, excluding the steps to the top.
After the Second World War a very weak emergency optic temporarily appeared on the tower. This gave the tower the name twilight lamp. In 1952 this was replaced by an optic from the former lighthouse the Westhoofd near Ouddorp. This light has a strength of 4,400,000 candelas. (Source: Wikipedia)
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