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The Great Light / Mew Island hyper-radial optic component

Derived optic component from the original Tory Island Chance Brothers hyper-radial optic. After Chance Brothers reconstruction it was installed at Mew Island Lighthouse in 1928, removed in 2014, restored by Irish Lights, and publicly displayed as The Great Light in Belfast.

Evidence note

Irish Lights supports the 1928 Mew transfer; public Great Light and reference sources support removal, restoration, and Belfast display.

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The Great Light

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Identity role

  • Derived branch identityThe Great Light

    Derived branch identity. This asset represents the Mew Island component of the divided Tory Island optic lineage, later restored and publicly displayed as The Great Light in Belfast.

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Heritage place

The Great Light, Belfast

Currently displayed at The Great Light display site, Belfast

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Evidence
Accepted
Path
HERITAGE-REL-000042, HERITAGE-REL-000043
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Shared manufacturer

Barbier & Fenestre works, Paris

Shared place

Chance Brothers Smethwick Works

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Shared place

Chance Brothers Smethwick Works

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"The Great Light / Mew Island hyper-radial optic component" · LUX-ASSET-000624 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000624/

Citation

LUX Light Archive, Heritage asset: "The Great Light / Mew Island hyper-radial optic component", LUX-ASSET-000624, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000624/, accessed 2026-08-10, archive v0.24.362.