Georgetown Range Front Lighthouse

Chance Brothers Lighthouse Chance Brothers Lighthouse
  • Date of lens manufacture
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  • Date of lighthouse construction
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  • Country

    Guyana

  • Commissioning body
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  • Order of lens
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  • Fixed or revolving lens

    Fixed

  • Active/Inactive
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  • Describe the character of light

    Q W - quick flashes repeated regularly

  • Describe the lighthouses daymarks

    Metal tower, four pile platform.

  • Which aspects of the lighthouse (other than the lens) were manufactured by Chance brothers
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  • Describe the history of the lighthouse
  • Current management body/ ports authority

    Guyana Transport and Harbours Department

  • Historical preservation societies/manager/operator
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  • Is the site vulnerable to coastal erosion?
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  • Have you experienced any affects of climate change on the lighthouse?
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  • Observations on the condition of the lighthouse?
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  • Is the site open/closed to the public

    Closed

  • Is the tower open/closed to the public

    Closed

  • Latitude and Longitude

    Latitude 6.829056, Longitude -58.174778

  • On-site bookable accommodation available
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  • Associated web addresses
  • Other details

    Admiralty: J6843, NGA 17296

  • Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?
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added on June 17, 2022
Made In Smethwick: Lighthouses Around the World

In the 1800s, Chance Brothers & Co glassworks in Smethwick began making the hi-tech lenses that lighthouses use to warn ships of dangerous locations. By 1951, over 2,500 lighthouses around the world were fitted with a Chance lens.

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