Located on St. Mary's, Isles of
Scilly, Peninnis Lighthouse on St Mary’s Island in the is a
small automatic lighthouse consisting of a metal tower, the upper part
painted white and the lower part and cupola painted black. This
lighthouse was established in 1911 when it superseded the lighthouse
on St Agnes which had been in operation since 1680. Peninnis was
re-engineered and converted from acetylene gas to electrically powered
operation in 1992. [More
Information Trinity House]. Photographs - April 2003 and
July 2005. |