Everything tagged: lighthouse
Tai Long Pai (Tathong Rock) Beacon [1964- ]
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From Lighthouses of China: Hong Kong
1964. Active; focal plane 14 m (46 ft); four red flashes every 15 s. 13 m (43 ft) concrete tripod tower. [...] Located on a rock in the Tathong (Tai Long) Channel about 3 km (2 mi) north of Cape D'Aguilar. Accessible only by boat. Site open, tower closed. HK-094; Admiralty P3575.4; NGA 19349.
Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse [1912- ]
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From Declared Monuments in Hong Kong - Outlying Islands
Situated on Tang Lung Chau (originally known as Kap Sing Island), a small island to the west of Hong Kong and south of Ma Wan in Kap Shui Mun, Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse is one of the few surviving pre-war lighthouses in Hong Kong.
Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse [1875- ]
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Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse is a historic monument.
Cape Collinson Lighthouse [1876- ]
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Green Island Lighthouse [1875- ]
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Gap Rock Lighthouse [1892- ]
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(Switch to the satellite view - click here - to get a better view of the lighthouse.)
There is some background on the lighthouse in the comments to this photo on Flickr.
The document "Hong Kong's Lighthouses and the men who manned them" says the light first shone in April 1892, and continued in use until the Japanese invasion in 1941.