North_Head_Lighthouse,_Saldanha_Bay

North Head Lighthouse, Saldanha Bay

North Head Lighthouse, Saldanha Bay

Lighthouse

The first North Head Lighthouse on the northern side of the Saldanha Bay entrance, in South Africa, was a 300mm AGA acetylene gas lantern mounted on a square concrete pillar, installed on December 7, 1939.[1][2][3][4] It had a small diaphone fog signal.[2]

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A new aluminium tower came into operation on 1969-12-02,[2] about 100 metres from the previous lighthouse.[1] The fully automatic revolving electric optic is powered by triple mutual diesel/alternator sets.[1] The lighthouse is monitored at Cape Columbine.[1]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Lighthouses of South Africa. Portnet. 1991. p. 16. ISBN 0-620-16367-4.
  2. [2]
    Williams, Harold A. (1993). Southern lights: lighthouses of Southern Africa. Rivonia: William Waterman publications. p. 124. ISBN 0-9583751-1-9.
  3. [3]
    Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Western South Africa". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  4. [4]
    Saldanha Bay (North Head), Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society


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