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Date: 1820 - 1824 : 1865 Type: Lighthouse Status: Extant   Click to view large map Coordinates: 33°54'05.02" S 18°23'59.58" E Alt: 7m

See more photographs (Afr N & N Dec 1945:31, note 24) Construction work started on 14 September 1821, and the lighthouse was officially opened on 12 April 1824. It originally consisted of a tower surmounted by two lanterns. The present light was erected in 1865, improved in 1906 and electrified in 1929. Standing 65 feet [19,8 meters] above high water, it has an intensity of 850 000 candelas and a range of 13 ¾ miles [22 km]. A foghorn was installed in 1926. (From: Gov Gazette 3757, Notice 34, dated 12 Jan 1973.) It first burned with Argand lamps fuelled by sperm whale oil. The lighthouse was heightened in 1865. In 1922 a dioptric flashing light was installed. (From notes by Dr Antonia Malan for the Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa, 2022) The lighthouse was declared a National Monument in 1973 and is now a Provincial Heritage Site. This lighthouse is often erroneously called the Mouille Point Lighthouse – the remains of which are located some distance further east along Beach Road – see Lighthouse, Mouille Point. All truncated references not fully cited below are those of Joanna Walker's original text and cited in full in the 'Bibliography' entry of the Lexicon. References: Fisher, Roger & Clarke, Nicholas. 2014. Architectural Guide : South Africa. Berlin: DOM Publishers. pg 25 Fransen, Hans & Cook, Mary Alexander. 1965. The old houses of the Cape : a survey of the existing buildings in the traditional style of architecture of the Dutch-settled regions of the Cape of Good Hope. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pg 21 Gaylard, Shaun & McDougall, Brett . 2022. RSA 365 : 365 Drawings of South African Architecture. Johannesburg: Blank Ink Design. pg 38, 39 ill Hoberman, Gerald. 2011. Lighthouses of South Africa : pocket edition. Cape Town - London - New York: The Gerald & Marc Hoberman Collection. pg 18-19 ill, 20 ill, 21 Langham-Carter, RR. 1979. Nineteenth century architects etc. in the Western Cape. Cape Town: Unpublished MS, UCT Library. pg 22 Murray, Marischal. 1964. Under Lion's Head : Earlier days at Green Point and Sea Point. Cape Town: AA Balkema. pg front cover ill. Walker, Michael. 2012. Early architects of Cape Town and their buildings (1820 - 1926) with postcard illustrations, The. St James: Michael Walker. pg 7-8 Williams, Harold. 1993. Southern Lights : Lighthouses of Southern Africa. Cape Town: William Waterman Publications. pg 1-7