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The Kéréon Lighthouse

 Effective 29 January 2004, the lighthouse Kéréon is remote controlled; i.e. totally automated. At 13h15, the two last keepers leave the lighthouse via a Department of Civil Safety helicopter. This event falls under a program of evolution begun in 1990. Kéréon is the last lighthouse isolated at sea to be entirely automated.

Kéréon :
a lighthouse at sea. 		Photo Credit: METLTM-DDE29 Photo Credit: METLM-DDE29 Photo Credit: METLM-DDE29
Photo Credit: METLM-DDE29
Descent of the keeper's gear. 		Photo Credit: METLM-DDE29 Photo Credit: METLM-DDE29 The Blodwen, high-speed supply motorboat, ensures the descent of the keeper's gear prior to their departure by helicopter.

Photo Credit: METLM-DDE29

The departure of the keepers was accompanied by two helicopters, the Blodwen, the Amorique and the Fromveur (regular line of Penn-ar-Bed).

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 Dossier réalisé en janvier 2004 par la DDE 29 - Service maritime et aéroportuaire - Phares et Balises / Pôle modernisation et communication
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Translation from French by Rick Chinn (with considerable assistance from Google)
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