Quirinus Johan Harder (13 October 1801, in

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– 21 October 1880, in

Vlissingen Vlissingen (; zea, label= Zeelandic, Vlissienge), historically known in English as Flushing, is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. With its strategic location between the Scheldt river ...

) was a Dutch architect best known for having designed a large number of lighthouses. He worked as a structural engineer for the Loodswezen, the Dutch organization overseeing all

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s. Harder's lighthouses were made of

cast iron Cast iron is a class of iron– carbon alloys with a carbon content more than 2%. Its usefulness derives from its relatively low melting temperature. The alloy constituents affect its color when fractured: white cast iron has carbide impu ...

, a new material at the time, which allowed for segmented fabrication and construction.

List of Harder's lighthouses

Eierland Lighthouse The Eierland Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the northernmost tip of the Dutch island of Texel. It is named for the former island Eierland. History The lighthouse was designed by Quirinus Harder and construction began on 25 July 1863. The lighth ...

(Texel, 1864) *

Nieuwe Sluis Nieuwe Sluis is a Dutch lighthouse in the Nieuwesluis community, a few kilometres west of Breskens, Zeeland, and the southernmost in the country. History Designed by Quirinus Harder, it was built between 1866 and 1867. The octagonal, black a ...

(1867) * Scheveningen Lighthouse (1875) * Short lighthouse of Westkapelle (1875) *

Lange Jaap Lange Jaap ("Tall Jacob"), also known as Kijkduin Light or Den Helder Light, is an active lighthouse near Fort Kijkduin in Huisduinen, Netherlands. At a height of it is one of the tallest "traditional lighthouses" in the world. For almost a ce ...

(Den Helder, 1877-1878) * Lage vuurtoren van IJmuiden (1878) * Hoge vuurtoren van IJmuiden (1878) *

Bornrif The Ameland Lighthouse, commonly known as Bornrif, is a lighthouse on the Dutch island Ameland, one of the Frisian Islands, on the edge of the North Sea. It was built in 1880 by order of William III of the Netherlands. It was designed by Dutch l ...

(Ameland, 1880-1881) *

Den Oever Lighthouse The Den Oever Lighthouse is a cast iron lighthouse in Den Oever, the Netherlands, on the Wadden Sea. Erected in 1885, it was originally located at the western end of the former island of Wieringen where it served as the rear light of a pair of le ...

(1884) *

Stavoren Lighthouse The Stavoren Lighthouse is a lighthouse near Stavoren on the IJsselmeer, in the Netherlands. On two nearby piers are a red and a green light beacon for the Stavoren harbor. All were built in 1885 (probably by Quirinus Harder) and are Rijksmonument ...

(1884) *

Vuurduin Vuurduin is a lighthouse on the Dutch island Vlieland. The tower is the top part of the former front light of the leading lights in IJmuiden, designed by Quirinus Harder. The lighthouse was placed on Vlieland in 1909, on top of one of the Vuurb ...

(Vlieland, 1909)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harder, Quirinus 1801 births 1880 deaths Dutch civil engineers Architects from Rotterdam People from Vlissingen 19th-century Dutch architects

List of Harder's lighthouses

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