Phare de Killingholme North

Le phare de Killingholme North est l'un des trois phares situés à South Killingholme sur la rive sud de l'estuaire de Humber, dans le comté du Lincolnshire en Angleterre. Ce phare a été géré par le Trinity House Lighthouse Service à Londres, l'organisation de l'aide maritime des côtes de l'Angleterre, jusqu'en 1920. Il est maintenant protégé en tant que monument classé du Royaume-Uni de Grade II depuis 1985.

1. Histoire

Trois phares ont été construits dans l'estuaire de Humber pendant le 19e siècle. Ils ont été utilisés ensemble pour guider des bateaux sur le Humber. Killingholme North Low a été construit par Trinity House en 1851 pour la navigation des chalutiers. C'est une tour ronde conique en brique de 14 m de haut, avec galerie et lanterne, attenante à une maison de gardiens. L'édifice est peint en blanc et le dôme de la lanterne est noire. Il est inactif depuis 1920 Longtemps resté en mauvais état, ce phare a été transformé en résidence privée en 2003. Il est localisé en fin de route sur la rive sud de Humber.

1. les deux autres phares

Killingholme High Killingholme South Low

1. Notes et références


1. Voir aussi


1. = Lien connexe =

Liste des phares en Angleterre

1. = Liens externes =

(en) Lighthouses of Eastern England (E. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolfk et Suffolk) (en) Killingholme North Lighthouse - Lighthouse Explorer (en) Killingholme North Lighthouse - Site Worldwide Lighthouses Portail des phares Portail de la mer du Nord Portail de l’Angleterre Portail des monuments classés au Royaume-Uni

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Killingholme railway station

Killingholme railway station was located on Killingholme Marsh in the parish of South Killingholme, Lincolnshire, England, equidistant from the villages of North and South Killingholme. The station was built by the Barton and Immingham Light Railway under the auspices of the Great Central Railway. The line's primary purpose was to enable workers to get to and from Immingham Dock which was being built at the time the line was opened. The typical journey time to the dock was six minutes. The station had a single straight wooden platform bearing a small wooden station building with minimal facilities. Early maps show that the station was situated on a passing loop, but no second platform was ever built. When the line and station were built the area was rural and very thinly populated. By 2015 the area had become industrial but remained thinly populated. A single track still ran through the site, now carrying modern produce. On 7 October 1967 a RCTS railtour passed through the station.

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Immingham Power Station

Immingham Combined Heat and Power Plant (also known as VPI Immingham) is a combined heat and power, gas-fired power plant adjacent to the Humber Oil Refinery near to South Killingholme North Lincolnshire, England. The plant opened in 2004 with a 730 MW generating capacity, and was expanded to 1,180 MW in 2009; the station was developed by ConocoPhillips until its sale to Vitol in 2013.

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North Killingholme Haven

North Killingholme Haven is a water outlet on the south bank of the Humber Estuary in the civil parish of North Killingholme, to the north-west of the Port of Immingham. The area was used at the beginning of the 20th century for clay extraction with a jetty transhipping clay to Hull; in 1912 construction of a jetty for the Admiralty was consented, for fuel oil shipment. During the First World War a large seaplane facility was operated, known as RNAS Killingholme. In the 1990s a Simon Group established a Roll on-Roll off river terminal at the Haven, known as Humber Sea Terminal; the terminal was expanded to six berths through the 1990s and 2000s.

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South Killingholme

South Killingholme is a village and civil parish in North Lincolnshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,108. The parish was predominately agricultural and sparsely populated and the village small until the 1960s when industrialisation of the south Humber bank took place throughout area north-west of Grimsby – within the parish of South Killingholme the Humber Oil Refinery was built in the late 1960s. At the same time the village greatly expanded reaching near its present (2006) scale by the early 1970s. The expansion of the Port of Immingham westwards encroached on the parish from the 1970s onwards, mainly due to the Immingham Bulk Terminal (1970) and later Immingham Gas Jetty (1985); in 2004 a 730 MW powerstation Conoco Philips Power Station (now known as Immingham Power Station) was built alongside the refinery. As of 2006 the land area of the parish consists of an approximately 50:50 split of heavy industry – petroleum storage, refining and power generation; and agricultural land. South Killingholme is the only village in the parish and is located roughly in the centre of area.

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2001 Humber Refinery explosion

The 2001 Humber Refinery explosion was a major incident at the then Conoco-owned Humber Refinery at South Killingholme in North Lincolnshire, England. A large explosion occurred on the Saturate Gas Plant area of the site on Easter Monday, 16 April 2001 at approximately 2:20 p.m. There were no fatalities, but two people were injured.

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