Amend your chart - lighthouse being moved!

[LittleSister]

The Danes are moving, on wheels, a 1,000 ton lighthouse at risk through eroding coastline.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ut-on-wheels-to-move-it-away-from-eroding-sea

 

[Malish]

A shame we couldn't do the same for the lighthouse on Orford Ness...

 

[Hadenough]

A shame we couldn't do the same for the lighthouse on Orford Ness...

+1 I suppose the twitchers would oppose it anyway though.

 

[LittleSister]

A shame we couldn't do the same for the lighthouse on Orford Ness...

No need. Just cutting the river back to its old route to the sea at Aldeburgh (e.g. via Slaughden Sailing club) would probably slow the erosion.

 

[Poignard]

Just shown on BBC News.

 

[PHN]

So the lighthouse did move ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvRYd8U7qGY

 

[Cantata]

The media seem to have forgotten that the same job was done with the old Beachy Head clifftop lighthouse, some years ago.

 

[tudorsailor]

So the lighthouse did move ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvRYd8U7qGY

Yes here's the video to show the lighthouse in motion

https://youtu.be/EPa8b1WlbaI

TS