Cape Race Lighthouse
The second Cape Race Lighthouse from 1907
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| Location | Avalon Peninsula Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
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| Year first constructed | 1856 (first) relocated in 1980 to Ottawa at Canada Science and Technology Museum |
| Year first lit | 1907 (current) |
| Construction | concrete tower |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | white tower, red lantern |
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| Original lens | Hyperradiant Fresnel lens by Chance Brothers |
| Range | 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 7.5s |
| Fog signal | Horn (2) 60s |
| Admiralty number | H0444 |
| CHS number | CCG 1 |
| NGA number | 1904 |
| ARLHS number | CAN-118 |
| Managing agent | Cape Race National Historic Site [1] |
| Official name | Cape Race Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 1975 |
Cape Race Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland.
History
In 1856, the first lighthouse was installed by the British Government's Trinity House. It was a cast iron tower with a coal oil lamp turned by clockwork. It was replaced in 1907 by a 29-metre (95 ft) tall concrete tower and a light with a massive hyperradiant Fresnel lens made by Chance Brothers in England. It had a massive optic emitting a one million candle power flash. Great landfall lights, like those at Cape Race provided the first sight of land for Atlantic or Pacific travellers.[2] The original lighthouse was then moved to Cape North; it now stands in front of the National Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa. The light's characteristic is a single white flash every 7.5 seconds, additionally a foghorn may sound a signal of two blasts every 60 seconds.
The lighthouse was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1975.[3]
See also
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References
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- ↑ The Canadian Encyclopedia Cape Race lighthouse
- ↑ Cape Race Lighthouse. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
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