A23 - Park Yarkon - Server Port - Reading Beacon (ru)

This place owes its name to Refus Daniel Isaacs Marquis of Reading. He was the first and only Jew of Victorian England to be awarded such a title. And also, Reading was the vice-king of India and the non-replaceable chairman of the Palestinian Electric Company, whose main substation flaunts its pipes over this picturesque place where the Yarkon River flows into the sea. Here is the largest bus fleet in Tel Aviv and almost every city route comes to Reading. Here and free huge parking. In short, all the ways in Tel Aviv lead to Reading! Translated with Google Translate

A pedestrian bridge across the Yarkon River leads to the modern complex of the old port of Tel Aviv, which was conceived at the beginning of the 20th century as an EXPO center. The bridge is 55 meters long and 5 wide. This one-piece steel structure was made in Natalia. Work on the delivery and installation of the bridge lasted two days. The bridge leads to a special “country” called Namal Tel Aviv, which combines innovations in place of urban slums, playgrounds and nightclubs, the sea breeze and urban concrete, a silt river and protected banks. Translated with Google Translate

This bridge was built almost simultaneously with the construction of the power plant. He received the name of Walkop - British governor in Palestine and was intended for traffic. Like everything in the old port of Tel Aviv, the bridge became useless in the 90s and only in 2000 it was completely replaced. At the entrance to the bridge is a historical tablet, the inscription on which contains the words of appeal and hope that with this bridge the city will go further - behind Yarkon. So it happened. Translated with Google Translate

The name of the lighthouse comes from the name of the neighboring Reading power station. The lighthouse was filmed in several Israeli films, such as Late Summer Blues, and the image of the lighthouse was printed on Israeli stamp on November 26, 2009.

The lighthouse was built by the British authorities in 1934–35 to help ships approaching the coast safely pass the coastal shallows. The construction was led by a French company with the assistance of local Arabs. During the construction of the lighthouse, an ancient hill (tel), which was named Tel Kudadi, was unexpectedly discovered. Tel Kudadi is one of a series of hills located along the Yarkon River: Tel Casile, Tel Garis, Tel Zeytun and Tel Afek. Archaeological excavations were carried out in the period 1936–38. Initially it was believed that the fortress was founded in the X century. BC e. on the orders of King Solomon to protect approaches from the sea and prevent possible hostile raids against the interior areas along Yarkon. Another hypothesis stated that the fortress was built in the IX century. BC. during the time of the kingdom of Israel. A new, more cautious assessment made by the staff of Tel Aviv University after the excavations suggests that the fortress did not arise until the end of the 8th –beginning of the 7th century BC. The Assyrians apparently built it in time to control the coastal territory. It was probably only part of the Assyrian network of fortresses and trading posts along the coast of the Levant.

Source: https://guide-israel.ru/attractions/71314-mayak-reding-i-tel-kudadi/ Photo: Conan - own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23604541 Translated with Google Translate