Talk:Kõpu Lighthouse

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Shape of the lighthouse[edit]

The article described the shape of the lighthouse in 2 locations: prose ("Kõpu Lighthouse is shaped as a tetrahedral prism, with massive counterforts...") and infobox ("Rectangular on a tetrahedral prism"). The "tetrahedral prism" was changed to "square prism", based on what I've seen in the pictures and in real life, but was unsourced though. Was the original description from any of the sources? If so, I'd like to know what was the wording there (in Estonian), if possible. If it was not, then I'd suggest changing the infobox description to "Square prism with counterforts"? —Quibik (talk) 21:56, 11 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Current status of the lighthouse[edit]

I am working in Estonian Maritime Administration managing the lighthouse and I asked from my colleagues about the "radar lighthouse" replacing Kõpu lighthouse now. No one had the slightest idea what could be meant with that statement in Neil Taylor's travel guide saying that "only in 1997 did it lose this role when radar from the smaller lighthouse at Ristna took over". (I sent a question about the source of that information to the publisher but have not got any answer yet.) Kõpu lighthouse is as active lighthouse as always. In the beginning of this year it just got a brand new light source (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6R3XB3lMxY, https://veeteedeamet.ee/et/uudised/kopu-tuletorni-ainulaadne-tuli-sarab-nuud-veelgi-eredamalt).P2rtel (talk) 10:59, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hello P2rtel, this is a beautiful article. The history of technology from unlit tower to the current LED illumination is fascinating. The statement in the travel guide may be nothing more than a misunderstanding of technology. Appreciating the size of the structure with no familiar objects in view is difficult. Can you add any photos with humans present? That would allow a sense of scale. Regards, ... PeterEasthope (talk) 15:08, 14 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]