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Ladoga Lake / Valaam / Hanhipaasi Lighthouse - photo of 1891
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Ladoga Lake / Valaam /  Hanhipaasi Lighthouse - photo of 1891
Keywords: Ladoga lake;Valaam;Russia;Historic
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Album name:mitko / Russian inland waterways
Current status (active, not active, museum etc):Active
Construction details (year of built, shape etc):1879 (Axel Hampus Dalstr?¶m)
Height of the tower, m:24 Focal plane elevation above sea level, m:30
Light Description (light sectors, colour of the light, number of flashes etc):Flashing white
Range, nm:10 nm
Coordinates (in any format):61 18.8472 N 30 51.9551 E
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Date added:Feb 20, 2014
Keywords:Ladoga lake / Valaam / Russia / Historic
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Hans de Graaf   [Feb 20, 2014 am28 07:55 AM]
Interresting: Ladoga lake, Karelia, Russian, but before WWII partly Finnish. Finland until 1809 part of the Swedish kingdom, from 1809-1917 an autonomus Grand-Duchy. Picture 1891, lighthouse name Finnish, text on the picture in Swedish.
mitko   [Feb 20, 2014 am28 08:07 AM]
Yep, Hans, same for example for Vyborg which is old swedish town, than 1710-1917 russian, than 1917-1940 finnish, than USSR's.

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