Picture of Longstone Lighthouse

-- Longstone Lighthouse Longstone Rock on the Farne Islands, one of the Outer Staple Islands, off Northumbria The Lighthouse, designed and built by Joseph Nelson is a red and white circular tower built of rough stone with iron railings around the lantern gallery. The light originally came from the Argand lamps with 12 burners, parabolic reflectors 21 inches in diameter and 9 inches deep and s catadioptric optical apparatus. Major alterations were made to the Lighthouse in 1952 and the light was converted to electricity. Longstone Lighthouse was converted to automatic operation in September 1990 and is now monitored from the Trinity House Operations Control Centre at Harwich.