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Feu du Château de Brest harbor-light tower

Vanished harbor-light tower at la grève below the Château de Brest foot. 12 m cylindrical stone turret, first lit 1 December 1905, occulting white/red/green sectors; electrification uncertain (Persée 1920, Fichou 1924); extinguished 1940 after median construction. Documented on Archives municipales de Brest postcard 3Fi089_090.

Evidence note

Strong postcard and patrimoine visual proof; Fichou inventory via Gaëlle Lardeux correspondence adds commissioning, structure, and extinction dates; Persée 1920 vs Fichou 1924 electrification remains open.

Source Evidence

Château de Brest - Inventaire Général du Patrimoine Culturel
3Fi089-090 - CHATEAU DE BREST - Wikimedia Commons
La lumière électrique sur les côtes de France - Persée
Jean-Christophe Fichou lighthouse inventory (via Gaëlle Lardeux correspondence, 2026)

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Current host
Grève du Château de Brest (historical harbor-light site)accepted
Demolished
Grève du Château de Brest1940accepted
Fichou inventory records that the feu was extinguished in 1940 after median construction in front; port embankment works continued to transform the castle-foot shoreline.
Installed at
Grève du Château de Brest01/12/1905accepted
The Feu du Château harbor-light tower was first lit on 1 December 1905 at la grève below the Château de Brest — a 12 m cylindrical stone turret with occulting white, red, and green sectors.
Modified
Grève du Château de Brest1920 – 1924accepted
Electrification date is uncertain: Persée records 1920; Fichou inventory cites 1924. Both remain open pending primary document review.

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Story Projects

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The Harbor Light Below the Castlelost_light_memory
Le feu de port au pied du châteaulost_light_memory
Trust Depth Over Data Volume: An Independent Audit of LUX Light Archiveplace_cluster
La profondeur de confiance plutôt que le volume de données : un audit indépendant de LUX Light Archiveplace_cluster

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Citation

LUX Light Archive, Heritage asset: "Feu du Château de Brest harbor-light tower", LUX-ASSET-000625, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000625/, accessed 2026-08-10, archive v0.24.362.