St Catherines Lighthouse

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=100 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="06f64643.jpg"> <div> <I><B>The Isle of Wight Photo Gallery</B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Georgia Ref" ><I>  </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Georgia Ref" ><I> </I></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="isle_of_wight_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Index"><U><B>MAP</B></U></A></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id648.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index"><U>Index</U></A>   |   <B>St Catherines Lighthouse</B>   |   <A HREF="id671.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Catherines Lighthouse"><U>St Catherines Lighthouse</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id670.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Catherines Lighthouse"><U>St Catherines Lighthouse</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id674.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sun Set"><U>Sun Set</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id672.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Catherines Cottage"><U>St Catherines Cottage</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id679.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Buddle Inn"><U>The Buddle Inn</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id680.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="St Catherines Cottage"><U>St Catherines Cottage</U></A></div> <bR> <div>  <HEAD> <STYLE type="text/css">  </STYLE> </HEAD>  </div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=380 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="23055a5a3.jpg"> <div> St Catherines Lighthouse</div> <div> <B>T</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#660000" FACE="Georgia Ref" ><B>he first lighthouse on St Catherine's Down was built in the early 14th Century. Trinity house started to build a tower nearby in 1785, but it was never completed due to problems caused by fog.  The present lighthouse was first lit in 1840. The elegant 120ft tower was affected by fog and so was reduced to the present height of 86ft in 1875</B></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id648.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Index"><U><IMG SRC="2333bc0d0.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="525" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>