tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings
white tower and lantern
Operator
Turks and Caicos National Trust[1]
Light
Focal height
33 metres (108 ft)
Lens
Fresnel lens
Range
18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi)
Characteristic
Fl W 7.5s.
Grand Turk Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Grand Turk Island, Turks and Caicos Islands. The 60-foot-tall (18 m) structure, overlooking North Creek, was completed by British architect Alexander Gordon in 1852 to alert sailors of the shallow reef. Brighter kerosene lamps and a more powerful Fresnel lens were added by the Chance brothers in 1943 and remained in use until 1972 when the lighthouse was electrified. Today, the lighthouse and lighthouse keeper's house are a historic site under the protection of the National Trust.
^Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of the Turks and Caicos Islands". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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