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Originally Posted by Kendras
Yes, I was planning to do that.
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Originally Posted by Kendras
Why not ?  |
Well, the one con that I can think of about La Plate possibly having been red, is that the two tourelles (La Plate, and Le Chat) are quite close to each other and, as you might remember, I have shown you a picture that might demonstrate Le Chat being painted solid red before having been given the current paint scheme.
Close lighthouses are usually given totally different shapes and colors, to help their recognition by sailors in poor visibility conditions. Indeed, as you have already pointed, the La Plate tower might have had a central black band (isolated danger mark) which might have differentiated it from the Tourelle du Chat. Yet, I don't get the point of leaving the latter as an isolated red lateral mark, without a green mark marking the other side of the canal
EDIT: Well done on the lighthouse grouping. I have to go out now, more comments later