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#AGS_Our_amazing_Russian_world «Aniva Lighthouse» — abandoned lighthouse on Cape Aniva on Sakhalin Island, on the Sivuchya rock. History: built by the Japanese in 1939 according to the design of engineer Shinobu Miura. The lighthouse consisted of a round concrete tower with a small side extension inscribed in an oval base. The tower had 9 floors. Some features: 🤍The basement level contained diesel and battery. 🤍The first floor with an extension was occupied by a kitchen and a food warehouse, the second — radio room, control room and watch room. On the third, fourth and fifth floors of the tower there were living rooms designed for 12 people. 🤍In the central part of the tower there was a pipe, inside of which a pendulum was suspended — a weight weighing 270 kilograms, wound every three hours to move the optical system. 🤍The range of the lighthouse was 32.4 km.