36-466: A183 may refer to: A183 road (England) , a road connecting South Shields, Tyne and Wear and Chester-le-Street, County Durham A183 road (Malaysia) , a road in Perak Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title A183 . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
72-518: A Morrisons. During that period, it meets Winchester Street after 0.151 kilometres (0.094 mi) at a roundabout, and a ramp to the Woodbine Estate after approximately 0.222 kilometres (0.138 mi) Here it becomes Ocean Road , famous locally for its Indian restaurants . The A183 then becomes Sea Road as it passes between North Marine Park and South Marine Park , before meeting the B1344 at
108-406: A new lantern was provided, to accommodate the taller optic. Red shades were placed around the lamps, within the lenses, so that the light now flashed red, once every 5 seconds. The 1914 optic remains in situ in the tower; it weighs 4.5 tonnes and floats on 1.5 tonnes of mercury . A separate lamp was used for the fixed red/white sector light, which continued to shine from its window lower down in
144-489: A revolving assembly of eight vertical condensing-prisms which produced one bright flash every thirty seconds. Its 800,000 candle power light could be seen for up to 26 miles. The optics were designed and built by James Chance in 1870. In addition to the main light a red/white sector light shone from a window in the tower below the lantern, to highlight hazards to the south in Sunderland Bay (namely Hendon Rock and
180-645: A roundabout with the Sea Hotel, which has recently gone into administration after the Coronavirus pandemic . The road then continues along the seafront area of the town as, passing Littlehaven Beach , the fairground, the Amphitheatre, Bents Park and local pubs. The road then turns at Colman's Seafood Temple, famous locally for its Fish & Chips, and passes Gypsies Green Stadium. At the New Crown Hotel it becomes
216-645: Is a major route in South Tyneside , Sunderland and Chester-le-Street serving many areas and landmarks along its route. The road begins in the centre of South Shields, at a junction with the A194 and A1018 , near the Town Hall, as Beach Road . It follows the side of the town hall for 0.223 kilometres (0.139 mi), before turning left at a roundabout, becoming Anderson Street It follows Anderson Street for around 0.389 kilometres (0.242 mi), before turning right at
252-514: Is approximately three miles south of the mouth of the River Tyne . Some four miles or so to the north of the mouth of the Tyne is a sister Victorian lighthouse, St Mary's Lighthouse , on St Mary's Island . It has also been decommissioned, and is open to visitors. St Mary's Lighthouse can be seen with the naked eye from the top of Souter Lighthouse. The lighthouse was a much-needed aid to navigation due to
288-490: Is located on Lizard Point, but takes its name from Souter Point, which is located a mile to the south. This was the intended site for the lighthouse, but it was felt that Lizard Point offered better visibility, as the cliffs there are higher, so the lighthouse was built there instead. The Souter Lighthouse name was retained in order to avoid confusion with the then recently built Lizard Lighthouse in Cornwall . Souter Lighthouse
324-643: The Coast Road once past the junction for the Waters Edge public house, the road continues to Marsden without any turn junctions, passing The Leas on the coastal side, the finishing point for the Great North Run . The A183 then meets the A1300 at its junction on Redwell Lane and continues as the Coast Road . Next the road passes the famous Marsden Rock and Marsden Grotto on Marsden Beach. The A183 then continues at
360-596: The Coast Road until it reaches Souter Lighthouse . There have been plans made by South Tyneside Council to realign a section of the road between the A1300 Redwell Lane and the Souter Lighthouse. The road now becomes Mill Lane as it passes through Whitburn Colliery. The road changes its name to East Street as it passes through Whitburn Village itself, where the road meets the B1299 , taking traffic towards
396-879: The Grindon estate, where it crosses the B1405. It is here that it becomes a dual carriageway - running past the Pennywell and Hastings Hill estates, past the Sunderland Echo office, to reach the A19 . Past the A19 the road runs past the Herrington Country Park and the Penshaw Monument , through Penshaw , before reaching a large roundabout at Shiney Row with the A182 . Originally,
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#1732854580286432-620: The River Wear . The road ends at the A1(M) junction 67, with the A693 and A167 . Souter Lighthouse Souter Lighthouse is a lighthouse located to the North of Whitburn , South Tyneside , England. (It was generally known as Souter Point Lighthouse when in service). Souter Point was the first lighthouse in the world to be actually designed and built specifically to use alternating electric current ,
468-775: The University of Sunderland , and the UNESCO World Heritage Site St. Peter's Church , built in 674AD (one of the oldest in England), before meeting the A1018 . The two roads run concurrent across the Wearmouth Bridge to cross the River Wear into the city centre, before splitting- the A1018 turning left to go around the eastern edge of the city, with the A183 turning right; looping around
504-479: The Trinity House service. Should the electricity supply fail, a diesel generator would be engaged (and in the event that it too were to fail, an additional emergency battery lamp would be engaged). The mechanism which turned the lenses continued to be driven by clockwork at this time, until 1983 when it was replaced by a pair of electric motors. The fog signal was upgraded in 1953: a Stone Chance diaphone signal
540-458: The White Stones); it was powered using light diverted (through a set of mirrors and lenses) from the landward side of the main arc lamp. Electricity for the light was provided by two of Holmes' own magneto electric generators for which he took out a series of patents during those years. In normal operation only one generator was used, but in conditions of poor visibility both were connected to
576-538: The building of Hartland Point Lighthouse in Devon. Carbon arc lights for lighthouses were pioneered by Professor Frederick Hale Holmes , with experiments carried out in 1857–60 at Blackwall and at South Foreland Lighthouse (as described in a lecture by Michael Faraday at the Royal Institution ). An initial installation at Dungeness Lighthouse in 1862 had proved problematic, however, with frequent failures of
612-405: The compressor for the new signal. In 1914 the pioneering electric light at Souter was replaced with the latest type of incandescent oil lamps (i.e. paraffin vapour burners). At the same time Chance Brothers provided a new, much larger lens system: a bi-form first-order catadioptric revolving optic (a bi-form lens is double-height, containing two lamps, one above the other). At the same time
648-575: The council's efforts to be carbon neutral. Through Seaburn, the road passes lots of restaurants and bars, and also the B1291, before passing another roundabout, which mean we enter Roker . After about 0.8 miles (1.3 km), it turns right onto Harbour View . It winds alongside the River Wear , before becoming Dame Dorothy Street , where it passes the National Glass Centre , the St. Peter's campus of
684-569: The county boundary, once again becoming Chester Road . The road becomes single carriageway once more, and passes out of Sunderland through Bournmoor , before passing the northern end of the A1052 at another roundabout. It runs downhill alongside the River Wear, close to Lumley Castle - this stretch is called New Bridge Bank , and the road crosses over the New Bridge, one of the earliest crossings over
720-407: The engine room, light tower and keeper's living quarters are all on view. There is also an outdoor play area, Trusty Club and indoor activities to accommodate young visitors. Two of the former lighthouse keepers' cottages are used as National Trust holiday cottages. The lamps, lenses and foghorn remain in working order and are still activated from time to time 'on special occasions'. The lighthouse
756-411: The foghorn house was remodelled at the seaward corners to accommodate them). The siren gave a 4-second blast every minute. Hornsby oil engines were installed to drive the compressors for the new siren. In 1952 the lighthouse was again converted to run on electric power (this time using incandescent lamps , powered by mains electricity ). The 4,500W bulbs used for the main light were the largest in
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#1732854580286792-456: The foghorn was piped underground from the engine room, on the other side of the lighthouse, where the air compressor was driven by a common drive shaft from the engines powering the magnetos. A more powerful siren fog signal replaced the reeds in February 1879; it sounded one blast every minute. It required an additional and more powerful engine, which was installed in the engine room to drive
828-478: The lamp to provide a brighter light. The generators were driven by one of a pair of J. Whitworth & co. 5 nhp ' Allen ' condensing steam engines. (Prior to being installed at Souter, the engines and generators were exhibited by Trinity House at the Paris Exposition of 1867 .) The engines were worked alternately: one week on, one week off. Located in the engine-house, they also drove an air-pump to feed
864-479: The lamps and machinery; so Trinity House carried out an extensive testing and selection process over five years (including comparisons with oil lights and examination of equipment in Britain and France) before finalising its plans for a complete purpose-built electric installation at Souter. The carbon arc lamp at Souter was placed within a lens array consisting of a third-order fixed catadioptric optic surrounded by
900-688: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A183&oldid=932668544 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Road disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages A183 road (England) The A183 road runs from South Shields in Tyne and Wear , through Sunderland and ends at Chester-le-Street in County Durham . It
936-465: The local firm of James Todd, after complaints that local builders had not had the opportunity to reply to tender as it had not been advertised locally. The foundation stone was ceremonially laid by Admiral Collinson 's sister on 9 June 1869. Building works were completed in 1870, and the lighthouse entered service in January the following year. After completing this project Douglass and Norris moved on to
972-513: The most advanced lighthouse technology of its day. The light was generated by a carbon arc lamp : first lit on 11 January 1871, it was described at the time as 'without doubt one of the most powerful lights in the world'. After being decommissioned by Trinity House (the national lighthouse authority) in 1988, Souter Lighthouse was acquired by the National Trust , who now manage it as a visitor attraction with holiday lets . The lighthouse
1008-603: The north-western edge of the city centre as St. Mary's Way and Livingstone Road . Afterwards, we follow St. Michael's Way with the A1231 for around 275 yards (251 m), where the A183 turns right onto Chester Road . As Chester Road it runs past the city campus of the University, and through a commercial section before reaching the Sunderland Royal Hospital . It runs alongside Bishopwearmouth Cemetery towards
1044-458: The number of wrecks on the dangerous reefs of Whitburn Steel which lay directly under the water in the surrounding area. In one year alone – 1860 – there were 20 shipwrecks. This contributed to making this coastline the most dangerous in the country, with an average of around 44 shipwrecks per every mile of coastline. The lighthouse and associated buildings were designed for Trinity House by their Chief Engineer, James Douglass ; its construction
1080-432: The pressure tank of a foghorn. In December 1891 the lighthouse tower was painted with a broad red band, to make it more conspicuous during the day. Holmes also designed a reed fog signal for the new lighthouse, sounded from a separate foghorn house (east of the tower) through a pair of vertical trumpets (angled north-east and south-east, facing out to sea). It sounded one blast every 45 seconds. Compressed air for
1116-552: The road carried on through Shiney Row - but due to traffic-calming measures and the opening of a new link road past the new Biddick Woods Estate (which lies to the west of Shiney Row), the B1519 uses the old A183. Instead, A183 becomes Washington Highway , and shares the A182 for approx 0.4 miles (0.64 km), before coming onto its own again at Biddick Woods, changing its name to Basswood Road . It then links onto its original route just short of
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1152-649: The tower. Having removed the two Holmes magneto-electric machines from the engine room, the Corporation of Trinity House presented one to the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1915; it is now on display at the Science Museum, London . The fog signal was improved in 1919 when a more powerful siren was installed, sounded through a pair of Rayleigh trumpets. (These replaced the twin Holmes trumpets formerly employed;
1188-514: The village of Cleadon . After passing Cornthwaite Park, the A183 becomes Whitburn Bents Road and enters the borough of Sunderland. Once through Whitburn , the road continues as Whitburn Bents Road , before changing its name to Whitburn Road , as we reach a roundabout with Lowry Road - the entrance to a Morrisons - here we enter Seaburn , which was the home of the annual Sunderland International Airshow which attracted 1.2 million visitors, before Sunderland Council stopped doing it in 2019, due to
1224-405: Was decommissioned by Trinity House in 1988, but continued to serve as a radio navigation beacon up until 1999 when it was finally closed. As Souter was never automated, it remains much in its original operational state except for updates during its lifespan to its lantern and electrical apparatus. Today the decommissioned Souter lighthouse is owned by the National Trust and open to the public;
1260-491: Was installed and a pair of exponential horns replaced the Rayleigh Trumpets on top of the foghorn building. At the same time the engine room was provided with two new Reavell compressor sets, one driven by an electric motor, the other by a diesel engine. The diaphone produced a five-second blast every 30 seconds in poor weather, and remained in use up until 1988, when the lighthouse was decommissioned. Souter Lighthouse
1296-453: Was supervised by on-site engineer Henry Norris . Alongside the lighthouse tower a number of other buildings were laid out around a quadrangle, including the engine room and boiler house, and five dwellings; all were built of rubble masonry, rendered with Portland cement . The contract for building the lighthouse and keepers' cottages was reported in March 1869 as being £8,000 and was awarded to
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