Light Details for This Lighthouse
| | Location: | Centre of island, south entrance Halifax Harbour | | Standing: | This light is still standing. | | Operating: | This light is operational | | Automated: | All operating lights in Nova Scotia are automated. | | Date Automated: | Automated by 1988 | | Began: | 1758 | | Year Lit: | 1759 | | Structure Type: | Octagonal stone tower, shingled, white, red bands | | Light Characteristic: | Flashing White (1992) | | Fog Signal: | | | Tower Height: | 082ft feet high. | | Light Height: | 140ft feet above water level. | | Solarized: | This light has been solarized. |
History Items for This Lighthouse
| | 1758 - General Assembly passed bill to establish a light on island | | 1759 - original tower 60 ft, white, light 115 ft | | 1864 - iron lantern installed | | 1906 - 22 feet added to tower, First Order Fresnel lens installed, new iron lantern | | 1966 - Fresnel lens removed. Replaced by rotating airport beacon | | 1968 - Iron lantern removed and replaced by aluminum. Tower 25 m. high. | | Solarized after a break in the electric cable, with a Tideland TRB400 lens system, in 2008. |
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