Greenock, Esplanade, Cast-iron Navigation Light
Beacon (19th Century)
Site Name Greenock, Esplanade, Cast-iron Navigation Light
Classification Beacon (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Greenock 2; Inner Clyde Estuary; Inner Firth Of Clyde
Canmore ID 200267
Site Number NS27NE 175
NGR NS 26796 77636
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/200267
- Council Inverclyde
- Parish Greenock
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Inverclyde
- Former County Renfrewshire
NS27NE 175 26796 77636
(Greenock 2: location cited as NS 268 777). On the Esplanade, the predecessor of Greenock 1 [NS27NE 154]: prob. c. 1818. Cast-iron fluted Corinthian column on square cast-iron base. Lantern originally hexagonal, with swivelling ventilator, now electric in rectangular box.
J R Hume 1997.
