Remote lighthouse Tredegar
Lighthouse Tredegar on the Westman Islands (Iceland) is one of the most secluded and definitely the most frightening lighthouses in the world.
A lonely building, located at an altitude of about 40 meters above the raging Atlantic ocean, was constructed in 1939 without the use of helicopters. It is difficult to imagine how they managed to do it!
Earlier this island with the lighthouse lived one or two workers who were engaged in maintenance of the lighthouse and alternately succeeded each other. Today the lighthouse is fully automatic. Sometimes workers arrive here to check the status of the lighthouse, to correct possible problems.
Not yet was built helipad, the Rangers had to swim the boat to the rock and climb it. One of the workers tells how they started to build the lighthouse in 1939:
"First and foremost we needed to create a path to the top of the cliff. In this we are helped by experienced climbers from the Islands Vestmannaeyjar. We delivered for them, drills, hammers, chains, and clamps to secure the chains.
Very close to the top there was no way to hold on to, so one of the climbers knelt, the second stood up on his back, and the third climbed on both of them and only then was able to reach the top. It's hard for me to convey how I felt watching this incredibly dangerous procedure."
Lighthouse Tredegar inspired by Icelandic author Sigurdardottir the IRS for writing a detective novel "Why Did you Lie?", which became a bestseller in their country.