Dassen Island

South Africa

A first-order Chance Brothers lens was installed in a 80ft cast-iron tower along with a 12ft lantern, spares, stores etc at a cost of £6,700. William Stokes of Chance Bros installed it. Its six-wick Trinity House Douglass burner produced 47,000 candle power, and was replaced in 1906 with an incandescent petroleum 180,000-candlepower vapour burner, and in 1940 by 4kw electric lamp producing three million candlepower. The optic was replaced in 1974 with an AGA 250mm catadioptric pedestal.

Manufacture Date 1895
Lighthouse Construction 1893
Country South Africa
Commissioning Body Cape Colonial Government
Lens Order 1st order
Lens Type Revolving
Status publish
Lighthouse Markings Circular cast iron tower painted with red and white bands.
Management Body Ports Authority Transnet Port Authority
Coastal Erosion Vulnerability
Climate Change Impact Observations No
Condition Observations Excellent
Open Status (Site) Closed
Open Status (Tower) Closed
Coordinates -33.4321720093,18.0889348702
Other ARLHS SAF-042; Admiralty D5860; NGA 113-25956.
Data Source https://www.sa-venues.com/things-to-do/westerncape/dassen-island-lighthouse/

Lighthouses of South Africa, Gerald Hoberman
Inactive Chance Lens Deactivated 1974

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