Prickly Point Lighthouse

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

    Date unknown (modern)

  • Country

    Grenada

  • Commissioning body
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  • Order of lens
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  • Fixed or revolving lens
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  • Active/Inactive

    Active

  • Describe the character of light

    F R (continuous red light)

  • Describe the lighthouses daymarks

    Approx. 10 m (33 ft) round tower with an observation room, topped by a mast. Lighthouse painted light green.

  • Which aspects of the lighthouse (other than the lens) were manufactured by Chance brothers
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  • Describe the history of the lighthouse

    Date unknown (modern). Located at Prickly Point, the southern tip of Grenada. Site and tower closed (private property), but the lighthouse can be seen from nearby. Owner/site manager: private.

  • Current management body/ ports authority

    private

  • Historical preservation societies/manager/operator

    private

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

    New light: Admiralty J5830.3; NGA 15161.

  • Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?
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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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