Souter Lighthouse on the South Tyneside coast near Whitburn. The lighthouse is now maintained by the National Trust

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Souter Lighthouse on the South Tyneside coast between South Shields and Whitburn. When it was built in 1871 it was the most technologically advanced lighthouse in the world being the first to use alternating current to power the light

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Photo credit: © David Taylor Photography / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: lighthouse, national, shields, souter, south, trust