Seal Point Lighthouse
Seal Point is a lighthouse on Cape St. Francis in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. The lighthouse is operational and houses a museum. Public access to the top of the tower is allowed in the company of a guide.
 Seal Point Lighthouse | |
  Eastern Cape | |
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| Location | Cape St. Francis Eastern Cape South Africa |
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| Coordinates | 34°12′44.6″S 24°50′10.4″E[1] |
| Year first constructed | 1878[2] |
| Construction | brick tower |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern rising from one-story keeper's house |
| Markings / pattern | white tower and lantern |
| Tower height | 27.75 metres (91.0 ft)[2][3] |
| Focal height | 36 metres (118 ft) |
| Original lens | Fresnel |
| Current lens | original 1878 Fresnel lens |
| Light source | mains power |
| Intensity | 2,750,000 cd[1][2] |
| Range | 28 nautical miles (52 km)[1][2] |
| Characteristic | Fl W 5s.[2] |
| Fog signal | Horn Mo(C) 30s[1] |
| Admiralty number | D6386 |
| NGA number | 32148 |
| ARLHS number | D6386[4] |
Construction on the lighthouse started in November 1875 and it became operational on 4 July 1878.[5] Total construction cost was £20,000.[3]
References
- "Section 1 - List of Lights and Radio Signals". List of Lights, Fog Signals, Radio Navigational Aids and Radio Services (2008 ed.). South African Navy, Hydrographic Office. p. 20. ISBN 9780958407175.
- "Lighthouse Tours". Retrieved 23 October 2008.
- Sellick, W.S.J. (1904). Uitenhage, past and present : souvenir of the Centenary, 1804-1904. pp. 125.
- Cape St. Francis (Seal Point) The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved March 22, 2016
- Theal, George McCall (1919). History of South Africa, from 1873 to 1884, twelve eventful years, with continuation of the history of Galekaland, Tembuland, Pondoland, and Bethshuanaland until the annexation of those territories to the Cape Colony, and of Zululand until its annexation to Natal. London: Allen. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
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