Schretlen & Co, a company in Leiden and activated the following year.

In 1909, the top three sections were moved to Vlieland where they serve as a separate lighthouse.

Together with the Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden, the 24-metre high lighthouse forms a pair of leading lights marking the IJgeul (the entrance on the North Sea to the North Sea Canal).

The lighthouse now has five storeys and 88 steps; it is unmanned and not open for visitors.

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