Port Said

Chance Brothers Lighthouse Chance Brothers Lighthouse
  • Date of lens manufacture

    1919

  • Date of lighthouse construction

    1869

  • Country

    Egypt

  • Commissioning body
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  • Order of lens

    1st order

  • Fixed or revolving lens

    Revolving

  • Active/Inactive

    Inactive

  • Describe the character of light
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  • Describe the lighthouses daymarks

    56 m high octagonal reinforced concrete tower with black and white checkerboard painted markings, white painted lantern.

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

    Acetylene gas burner

  • Describe the history of the lighthouse

    The Port Said lighthouse is iconinc for a number of reasons. It was erected by the French in 1869 to coincide with the opening of the Suez Canal which was a significant civil engineering and geopolitical achievement. It was one of the first lighthouses to be fitted with an electric light, which together with the lens was constructed by Barbier, Benard et Turenne. The tower was one of the first large structures to be built using reinforced concrete.

    in 1919 the lens and light source were replaced with a Chance Brothers 1st order lens and an acetylene burner which remain in place today though not in use.

    The lighthouse is located some distance from the foreshore, and was replaced as the port's functioning lighthouse by a steel structure. In 2011 the Egyptian government declared it a national monument.

  • Current management body/ ports authority

    Suez Canal Authority

  • Historical preservation societies/manager/operator
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  • Is the site vulnerable to coastal erosion?
    no
  • Have you experienced any affects of climate change on the lighthouse?

    No

  • Observations on the condition of the lighthouse?

    It is in poor condition and needs more attention to its preservation.

  • Is the site open/closed to the public

    Closed

  • Is the tower open/closed to the public

    Closed

  • Latitude and Longitude

    31°15′50″N 32°18′42″E

  • On-site bookable accommodation available
    no
  • Associated web addresses
  • Other details
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  • Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?
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added on July 15, 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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