Close-up of Bengtskär's enormous lens. Black and white photo.
Close-up of Bengtskär's enormous lens. Black and white photo.

Bengtskär Lens

starting at €90.00

An impressive clockwork mechanism kept the beam of the newly built Bengtskär Lighthouse rotating. The light was visible from nearly 40 km away. The valuable equipment survived World War I, but despite the tenacious defense during the Battle of Bengtskär in World War II, the original fog signal and power stations, along with the lantern and its lighting equipment, were destroyed when a bomb dropped from an airplane exploded on the second floor after passing through three roofs. After the war, the light and fog signal equipment was replaced with electric systems until they, too, were removed as part of the lighthouse’s automation. The impressive lens is back in place, though no longer in use. The current small light has a range of just under 20 km.

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An impressive clockwork mechanism kept the beam of the newly built Bengtskär Lighthouse rotating. The light was visible from nearly 40 km away. The valuable equipment survived World War I, but despite the tenacious defense during the Battle of Bengtskär in World War II, the original fog signal and power stations, along with the lantern and its lighting equipment, were destroyed when a bomb dropped from an airplane exploded on the second floor after passing through three roofs. After the war, the light and fog signal equipment was replaced with electric systems until they, too, were removed as part of the lighthouse’s automation. The impressive lens is back in place, though no longer in use. The current small light has a range of just under 20 km.

MAJAKKA seisoo maailman laidalla. Sileäksi kavutut portaat vievät lyhtyhuoneeseen. Sieltä voi nähdä pilvien varjot meren peilissä – ja majakkasaaren pienen maailman. 1950-luvulta lähtien majakat alkoivat jäädä ilman vartijoitaan tai jopa tyystin tarpeettomiksi. Vasta vuosituhannen vaihteen tienoolla säiden ja ilkivallan armoille hylättyjen merimerkkien kulttuuri- ja arkkitehtuuriarvot alettiin ymmärtää ja niitä ryhdyttiin pelastamaan. Jokainen, joka on osallistunut yhdenkin majakkamme pelastamiseen, on antanut lahjan kaikille suomalaisille.

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