page_title: Toren van Goedereede
section_title: Lighthouse
hierarchical_section_title: Toren van Goedereede / Lighthouse
caption_attribution_description: English: The tower and windmill of Goedereede, Netherlands. The picture is scanned from a magazine "Op de hoogte, maandschrift voor de huiskamer" from 1910, but the picture itself might be taken in 1909. The photographer is "H.L. Vogel", and he was photographer and was publisher in Goedereede. He has made more photo's from the same spot in other years. Nederlands: De toren en windmolen van Goedereede. De afbeelding is gescand uit het maandelijks tijdschrift "Op de hoogte, maandschrift voor de huiskamer" uit 1910, maar de foto zelf zou ook in 1909 gemaakt kunnen zijn. De fotograaf is "H.L. Vogel", en hij was fotograaf en had een uitgeverij in Goedereede. Hij heeft meer foto's gemaakt van dezelfde plaats in andere jaren.
context_page_description: The Toren van Goedereede is a gray square brick tower in Goedereede, Netherlands, 39.5 metres high, belonging to the Catharina church. It was built in 1512. From 1552 to 1912 the tower served as a lighthouse, and went through various changes during this period. Today it has been restored and is a museum, housing a carillon.
context_section_description: Although at first unlit, the tower served as a landmark to help ships navigate. From 1552 the tower served as a lighthouse. The light originally came from an open coal fire.
  Goederede went into a long decline, losing trade to better-sited ports. There were insufficient funds to maintain the church. In 1706 the dilapidated building was pulled down, but the tower was preserved. In 1823, the spire of the church was removed to improve use of the tower as a lighthouse. On 26 February 1834 a 45 metres (148 ft) high light with optics was installed. The optics were replaced in 1879. In 1908 the tower was equipped with rotating optics with a light intensity of 180,000 candlepower. In 1912 the lighthouse was extinguished when the West Head Lighthouse in Ouddorp came into use.
caption: The tower and the windmill in 1910
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