Gdansk Lighthouse

For centuries lighthouses have stood alongside sea routes, but now they have become monuments to history and technology. One technological mechanism that has become part of history is a time ball. It was affixed to the roof of many lighthouses. A small number of them have survived, for example, at Greenwich (UK), Karlskrona (Sweden), Lyttleton (New Zealand), Norfolk (Virginia, USA) and Singapore. They are are all great tourist attractions.The time ball in Gdansk has joined this select company of magical places.

Considered one of the most beautiful lighthouses of the Baltic Sea (geographical position 54°24'28"N, 18°39'50"E), the lighthouse at Gdansk is a 90-foot-tall structure built in 1893-94 as a twin to the Cleveland, OH Main Lighthouse erected in 1871. How did it come about? It is an enduring mystery.