Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,694 pages of information and 247,077 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Finngrundet Lightship

From Graces Guide

Built in 1903 in Gavle.

Anchored at the Finngrundet banks in the southern Bothnian Sea during the ice-free season. Crew of 8.

In 1927 the paraffin lamps were replaced by an AGA beacon, and this in turn was electrified in 1940. Range of beacon: 11 nautical miles.

Decommissioned and preserved in 1969. Now moored alongside the Vasa Museum (Stockholm)


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