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Work on the
Shionomisaki Lighthouse began in June 1870, and it was first lit on June 10, 1870 with a temporary lighting system. The original structure was a octagonal wooden building, and it was to have been the first western-style wooden lighthouse in Japan; however, the ship containing the light
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Brunton was forced to improvise using the lantern from a steam locomotive instead. The main lighting equipment was repeatedly delayed, and it was not until September 15, 1873 that its intended light system was installed and declared operational.
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Japan signed a customs and tax treaty with the United States, Great
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who specialized in lighthouse design. Aside from the eight lighthouses stipulated by the treaty (i.e. the "treaty lighthouses"), Brunton went on to constructed another 25 lighthouses from far northern
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and an oil-evaporated incandescent lamp, and the system was electrified in 1938. This lamp was replaced with a 90-cm rotary lamp in 1957.
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395:. The new
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309:Japan no.
254:Intensity
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