Cape Race Lighthouse

Cape Race Lighthouse

The second Cape Race Lighthouse from 1907
Newfoundland
Location Avalon Peninsula
Newfoundland and Labrador
Canada Canada
Coordinates 46°39′31.2″N 53°04′25.6″W / 46.658667°N 53.073778°W / 46.658667; -53.073778Coordinates: 46°39′31.2″N 53°04′25.6″W / 46.658667°N 53.073778°W / 46.658667; -53.073778
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
Height 29 metres (95 ft)
Focal height 52 metres (171 ft)
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

References

  1. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southeast Newfoundland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ The Canadian Encyclopedia Cape Race lighthouse
  3. ↑ Cape Race Lighthouse. Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 1 July 2012.


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