Swanage, Anvil Point And Lighthouse c.1950
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The Lighthouse was built by Trinity House on Anvil Point between 1880 and 1882, to fill the perilous gap between the rocks on Portland and the next cluster around the Isle of Wight. The imperative behind its building, below the earthworks of a former signal station on Round Down, was a series of shipwrecks which culminated with the loss of the 1,250-ton Liverpool sailing ship 'Alexandrovna' with her crew of 77, on Ragged Rocks below the western cliff (right).
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