# Model of the Vlakkenhoek lighthouse on Sumatra

- By: Enthoven & Co.
- Date: c. 1879
- Medium: wood (plant material), brass (alloy), mica
- Classification: scale model
- Dimensions: height 170.5 cm x diameter 34 cm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/NG-MC-1412--1f81b5786b5ab2a839c02edccc4a6eed)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/NQpfR/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The full-scale, 60-metre-high version of this lighthouse was erected at Vlakkenhoek, on the southwest point of Sumatra. The tower was built in The Hague by Enthoven & Co., then shipped to Sumatra. The strength of the cast-iron structure was proven during the 1883 volcano eruption of Krakatoa; only the lighthouse withstood the tsunami that devastated everything else.