Trinity Buoy Lighthouse

The building answered a clear need at this particular place. For Trinity Buoy Lighthouse, the linked account gives this exact evidence: The original lighthouse was made by the engineer of Trinity House, James Walker, in 1852, — as the linked record notes — and was demolished in the late 1920s. This places the lighthouse within London Borough Of Tower Hamlets without borrowing events from a similarly named place.

Owners, designers, workers and later users all shaped the building's life. For Trinity Buoy Lighthouse, the linked account gives this exact evidence: The site served as a maintenance depot, and storage facility for the many buoys that aided navigation on the Thames; — as the linked record notes — and the wharf for docking and repair of lightships. This places the lighthouse within London Borough Of Tower Hamlets without borrowing events from a similarly named place.

Later events altered both the work done here and the form people now see. For Trinity Buoy Lighthouse, the linked account gives this exact evidence: The lantern at the top of the tower came from the Paris Exposition of 1867, — as the linked record notes — where Trinity House had employed it to demonstrate Professor Holmes's improved system of electric lighting for lighthouses. This places the lighthouse within London Borough Of Tower Hamlets without borrowing events from a similarly named place.

The saved map fixes the surviving structure or earthwork, rather than a loose name. For Trinity Buoy Lighthouse, the linked account gives this exact evidence: In April 2013 the former Cory Environmental Thames Lighterage tug Swiftstone moved to Trinity Buoy Wharf from Greenwich, — as the linked record notes — and Swiftstone Trust's volunteers began a full restoration of the vessel which may be seen underway at the year — the account adds — Thames Barge Driving event. This places the lighthouse within London Borough Of Tower Hamlets without borrowing events from a similarly named place.

Its local importance comes from what happened here and what the position allowed people to do. For Trinity Buoy Lighthouse, the linked account gives this exact evidence: Trinity Buoy Wharf is London's only remaining lighthouse, set by the confluence of the River Thames — as the linked record notes — and Bow Creek on the Leamouth Peninsula, Poplar. This places the lighthouse within London Borough Of Tower Hamlets without borrowing events from a similarly named place.