The South Foreland Lighthouse off the Kent coast was the first to have an electric light in 1858. Frederic Hale Holmes was a British engineer, and pioneer of the electrical illumination of lighthouses in Great Britain. Early lighthouses had used wood and coal fires, pitch pots and candle lanterns to warn ships.

Picture Reference: 10214715
Subject: SOCIETY & WARS > Lighting > Electric, Arc
Inventory No.: 1923-0169
Credit: Science Museum

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