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==Lighthouses==
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Twin [[lighthouse]]s were built on the banks of the mouth of the River Nene in 1831, to commemorate the opening of the Nene outfall cut (the Commissioners of the Nene Outfall having been given permission to establish lighthouses and beacons without the sanction of [[Trinity House]]).<ref>{{cite web |title=Monument record MLI23567 - Lighthouse at Guy's Head, East of The Nene |url=https://heritage-explorer.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Monument/MLI23567 |website=Lincolnshire Heritage Explorer |publisher=Lincolnshire County Council |access-date=30 July 2022}}</ref> In 1861, however, it was officially reported that 'they have never been used, nor are they considered at all necessary, as the system of lighting adopted in this port is found to answer all purposes required'.<ref>{{cite web | title = Lighthouse management : the report of the Royal Commissioners on Lights, Buoys, and Beacons, 1861, examined and refuted Vol. 1 | year = 1861 | page = 369 | url = https://archive.org/details/lighthousemanage02blak/page/369/mode/1up?view=theater }}</ref>

Contrary to belief these were lit and acted as lighthouses{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} although they were not lit throughout the night, there being no rocks to protect ships from. The River Nene has however always been an important navigation for shipping and if a high tide occurred after dark, they were lit for approximately one and a half hours before and after high tide to guide ships through the sand banks and into the river.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}} The towers are circular but the top lantern sections are hexagonal. Both have a circular window facing the channel entry. Each has in addition a half moon window to the north on the west bank lighthouse and to the south on the east bank lighthouse. A ship picking up either side light is not in the channel. The side lights would however be used by skilled pilots to triangulate their way through the twisting sand banks by picking them up and losing them.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}

The East Bank Lighthouse is known as the Sir Peter Scott Lighthouse: before the Second World War it was inhabited by the [[natural history|naturalist]] and artist Sir [[Peter Scott]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bridgewatch.org.uk/EastBankLighthouse.html |title=Snowgoose Wildlife Trust proposal details for Sir Peter Scott Centenary Centre |access-date=5 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410225006/http://www.bridgewatch.org.uk/EastBankLighthouse.html |archive-date=10 April 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> who bought a large area of the [[Ouse Washes]] and established a [[nature reserve]] of what is now the [[Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust]]. It also inspired the setting for [[Paul Gallico]]'s novella ''[[The Snow Goose: A Story of Dunkirk]]''.