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The Tiumpan Head Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in Tiumpan Head. The light was first exhibited on 1 December 1900.
After a recommendation by the Western Highlands and Islands Commission to additionally keep a watch on illegal trawlers, it was approved in May 1879.
The lighthouse and building were designed by David and Charles Stevenson and built by John Aitken, at an estimated cost of £9000.
Queen Elizabeth II visited the lighthouse in 1956, with the young Duke of Cornwall and the Princess Anne. The seven-year-old heir to the throne sounded the first blast on a new fog siren. The fog signal was operated by compressed air supplied from a compressor, driven by a Kelvin Diesel engine. There were three Kelvin engines and compressors, and when the fog signal was in operation, two of them were in service to maintain the required air pressure with one standby, in rotation. In 1984, the fog signal was discontinued and the fog horn building was demolished. The lighthouse was automated in 1985
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- Landmark