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Tang Laun Chau (Kap Sing) Lighthouse
Hong Kong
The lighthouse, also commonly known as Kap Sing Lighthouse, was put into service on 29 April 1912; it is one of the five surviving pre-war lighthouses in Hong Kong. It is a skeletal steel tower of 11.8 metres (39 ft) high with a white lantern on top. The steel tower and light apparatus were obtained from England. The lighthouse, unmanned and automated, is now under the management of the Marine Department.
| Manufacture Date | 1911? |
|---|---|
| Lighthouse Construction | 1912 - dificult to find Chance reference except that -Apparatus came from England'. |
| Country | Hong Kong |
| Status | publish |
| Light Character | Fl W 5s |
| Lighthouse Markings | 12m square pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and lantern, painted white |
| Management Body Ports Authority | Marine department |
| Coastal Erosion Vulnerability | |
| Open Status (Site) | Closed |
| Open Status (Tower) | Closed |
| Coordinates | 22.3396568137,114.0630461523 |
| Other | 'Hong Kong's Lighthouses and The Men who manned them' by Louis HA and Dan Waters :Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong branch: Vol.41(2001) ARLHS HOK-004; HK-062; Admiralty P3530.6; NGA 19520. |
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