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Mew to TQ- Lighthouse Technology

Maritime Belfast Trust

Maritime Belfast Trust

Cost: Free

Join Titanic Foundation & Irish Lights as they present a talk on one of the largest lighthouse optics of its kind ever constructed. Weighing 10 tonnes, measuring 7 metres tall and 130 year old, the optic is a unique heritage object with significance..

Join Titanic Foundation & Irish Lights as they present a talk on one of the largest lighthouse optics of its kind ever constructed. Weighing 10 tonnes, measuring 7 metres tall and 130 year old, the optic is a unique heritage object with significance to Belfast’s economic, maritime and industrial past. And it’s coming to Titanic Quarter in the summer of 2017. 
The talk will explore the science and the innovation related to lighthouse technology: illustrating that the Fresnel lens was a major scientific breakthrough, the pinnacle of lighthouse lens size, and the energy sources used to provide the light. Concluding with a flash by flash encounter of its journey from Mew to TQ. 

To book your space please email [email protected]g or call 02890730490

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W5
2 Queen's Quay
Belfast
BT3 9QQ
United Kingdom

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Titanic Foundation