Belle Tout lighthouse at Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex, was built in 1834. Erosion of the chalk cliffs meant that in 1999 it had to be moved. The building, now decommissioned as a lighthouse and converted to being a private home, was moved 17 metres (56 ft) away from the cliff face. This was taken at the start of the work. The 850-ton lighthouse was moved with a pioneering system of hydraulic jacks which pushed the building along four steel-topped concrete beams that were constantly lubricated with grease, work undertaken by the engineering firm Abbey Pynford Other claim to fame: In
Belle Tout lighthouse at Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex, was built in 1834. Erosion of the chalk cliffs meant that in 1999 it had to be moved. The building, now decommissioned as a lighthouse and converted to being a private home, was moved 17 metres (56 ft) away from the cliff face. This was taken at the start of the work. The 850-ton lighthouse was moved with a pioneering system of hydraulic jacks which pushed the building along four steel-topped concrete beams that were constantly lubricated with grease, work undertaken by the engineering firm Abbey Pynford Other claim to fame: In 1986, the BBC purchased the lease to Belle Tout for the filming of mini-series The Life and Loves of a She-Devil and a year later it featured in the James Bond film The Living Daylights. 27 January 1999 Picture by Roger Bamber
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