????️ History of the Great Orme’s Head Lighthouse Origins & Purpose (Mid‑19th century) Prior to the lighthouse, the summit of the Great Orme served as a semaphore station (from 1826) to relay shipping messages between Liverpool and Holyhead By 1859, electric telegraph equipment moved down into the future lighthouse building, and the summit semaphore station closed by 1861 The headland had seen numerous wrecks, including the Hornby in 1824; navigational safety concerns led the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board to commission a lighthouse Construction (1862) Designed by George Fosbery Lyster, engineer-in-chief to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, in collaboration with Trinity House, the lighthouse was completed in 1862 Built using limestone and Canadian pitch‑pine, it features a unique “upside‑down” layout: the lantern sits at ground level, with the telegraph/signal room above The structure is castellated and two-storeyed, with decorative parapets and blast walls, standing approximately 99 m (325 ft) above sea level
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