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Name: Becquet Front Light   Map it!

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Also known as: Le Becquet Feu antérieur

Nearest Town or City:
Le Becquet, , France

Location: Manche département; east of Cherbourg; on the waterfront near the south jetty.


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Photo: Courtesy of Michel Forand

Tower Height: 20

Height of Focal Plane: 26

Characteristic and Range: White light occulting three times every 12 seconds; range 10 nautical miles (synchronized with the rear light).

Description of Tower: Lamp on a white octagonal concrete tower with small building attached.

This light is operational

Earlier Towers?
1860: Cast-iron candelabra on a green wooden hut, white on the north face (destroyed in 1944).

Date Established: 1840s?

Date Present Tower Built: 1976?

Current Use: Active aid to navigation.

Open To Public? Grounds only.

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