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Originally Posted by MLF
Returning to La Tourelle de La Plate  ... |
Merci beacoup MLF,
your help and the kind support of the French authorities that you have been in touch with, are invaluable!
Summing up:
- 1911:
- tower color not specified
- steady green light
(source: Jean-Cristophe Fichou, Les Phares de France (website)).
- 1922:
- tower painted red
- green light, period not specified
(source: notice by the Subdivision des phares et balises de Brest)
- 1950:
- dark tower (black or red? Maybe fouling/seaweed at the bottom?) with a central light band (white or yellow?)
- light color and period not specified
(source: picture by the Service de l'Inventaire du Patrimoine Culturel Direction du Tourisme, du Patrimoine et des Voies navigables, another picture posted by Kendras (year unknown))
All in all, I think I will opt for the red tower and green steady light configuration, i.e. the best documented, though it might have changed before the outbreak of the war...
Any thoughts?