Petit Cabrits Lighthouse

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

    Grenada

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

    Fixed

  • Active/Inactive

    Active

  • Describe the character of light

    three white flashes, in a 2+1 pattern, every 20 s.

  • Describe the lighthouses daymarks

    Approx. 7 m (23 ft) skeletal tower mounted on a square 1-story equipment building.

  • 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. This is the landfall light for the island. Located on a headland about 4 km (2.5 mi) southwest of St. George's. Site status unknown.

  • Current management body/ ports authority
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  • 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
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  • Is the tower open/closed to the public

    Closed

  • Latitude and Longitude

    12.016261 -61.77513

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

    Admiralty J5830.2; NGA 15174.

  • Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?
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added on 19 iunie 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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