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St Bees Lighthouse St Bees Lighthouse St Bees Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on St Bees Head near the village of St Bees in Cumbria, England. The first lighthouse on the site began its life in 1718 on land bought by Trinity House, one of the UK's General Lighthouse Authorities. It was constructed by Thomas Lutwige, who paid a lease of £20 per year for the site. It stood 9 metres tall and was 5 metres in diameter topped with a large metal grate on which the lighthouse keeper would burn coal. To make money Lutwige levied charges of 3½ pence per tonne
Lighthouse keeper was deserted in 1987. Most French lighthouses are automated, though a few are still manned. The last lighthouse keeper in Iceland was terminated in 2010. Baily Lighthouse was the last Irish lighthouse to be unmanned, in 1997. As of 2011, there were 62 manned lighthouses in Italy In 2006 Meshima Lighthouse became the last lighthouse in Japan to become automated. As of 2011, there are two manned lighthouses in the Netherlands, one at Schiermonnikoog and the other at Terschelling. All lighthouses in New Zealand have been automated since 1990. The last Norwegian lighthouse keeper moved out of Runde Lighthouse in