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Cut Throat Island
Chance Brothers Lighthouse
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Date of lens manufacture
1908
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Date of lighthouse construction
1909
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Country
Canada
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Commissioning body
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Order of lens
4th order
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Fixed or revolving lens
Fixed
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Active/Inactive
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Describe the character of light
White flash every 4 seconds, visible for 7 nautical miles
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Describe the lighthouses daymarks
Square skeleton tower with a red and white rectangular daymark
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Which aspects of the lighthouse (other than the lens) were manufactured by Chance brothers
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Describe the history of the lighthouse
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Current management body/ ports authority
Canadian Coast Guard
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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
Closed
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Is the tower open/closed to the public
Closed
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Latitude and Longitude
54° 29' 25.5''N 57° 6' 26.5''W (54.4904167, -57.10736111111111)
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On-site bookable accommodation available
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Associated web addresses
- https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=w3LVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA329&lpg=PA329&dq=Cutthroat+Island+Lighthouse+newfoundland&source=bl&ots=EnMbfpU3EW&sig=ACfU3U23yFxdHuWd2qod1-J4aDjDzaQmWg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhztjBmdX4AhVHFcAKHRX0Bl0Q6AF6BAgjEAM#v=onepage&q=Cutthroat&f=false ,
- http://www.lighthousedigest.com/Digest/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=4631 and
- https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=k1vjTfs8JqAC&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=Cut+Throat+Island+Lighthouse+labrador&source=bl&ots=J_SGXsCB0H&sig=ACfU3U3CB8iA1C7kl56Hv8NGaT1XiL_EDw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiBq_qAmtX4AhXbS0EAHVvqCWwQ6AF6BAgjEAM#v=onepage&q=Cut%20Throat%20Island%20Lighthouse%20labrador&f=false
- https://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/lab.htm
- http://www.lighthousedigest.com/Digest/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=4631
- Pge 97 https://www.notmar.gc.ca/publications/livre-feux/newfoundland/NewfoundlandCoast_LLB_Complete.pdf
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Other details
CCG N-318; Admiralty H0074; NGA 0856.
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Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?
- Chance Lighthouses (1856-1917) (61 years): Cut Throat Island (Lost) now a small skeletal tower; 1908; 4th order fixed and occulting