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An old photograph of the lighthouse with foghorn at Whitby High Light, between Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire, UK . Before being decommissioned its foghorn (2 'Rayleigh trumpets') was known locally as the 'Hawsker Bull' or 'Bawling Bull' due to its similar sound. Designer James Walker from Messrs. Walker, Burgess & Cooper, civil engineers Foundations laid 12 April 1857 Local builder was William Falkingbridge of Well Close Square, Whitby. Cost £8000 - First lit on 1 October 1858
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Photo credit: © Colin Waters / Alamy / Afripics
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