Ra's Serani Range (Ras Serani Range)

R'as Serani Range Front Light, Mombasa, March 2018

R'as Serani Range Front Light, Mombasa, March 2018

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Chance Brothers Lighthouse Chance Brothers Lighthouse
  • Date of lens manufacture

    1902

  • Date of lighthouse construction

    Date unknown (station established 1902).

  • Country

    Kenya

  • Commissioning body
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  • Order of lens

    4th order

  • Fixed or revolving lens

    Revolving

  • Active/Inactive

    Active

  • Describe the character of light

    quick-flashing white light.

  • Describe the lighthouses daymarks

    12 m (39 ft) round white metal tower.

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

    There are two lights: Active and Inactive.

    • Ra's Serani Range Beacon Date unknown (station established 1902). Inactive as a light but maintained as a range daybeacon. Approx. 5 m (17 ft) rectagonal cylindrical stone tower, painted white with two black horizontal bands. The light was shown from a bracket on the seaward side of the tower. This is the approach range for Mombasa. Located at the edge of the seaside cliff southeast of the modern front light. Site open, tower closed.

    • Ra's Serani Range Front Date unknown (station established 1902). Active; focal plane 26 m (85 ft); quick-flashing white light. 12 m (39 ft) round white metal tower. The front light was on the obelisk and the rear light on the round cast iron tower. When the taller rear light (next entry) was built, the former rear tower became the front light of the range. The range guides ships into Mombasa from the Indian Ocean. The Kenya Ports Authority operates a signal station a few feet to the south. Located on Ra's Serani, at the foot of Lighthouse Road (Magaret Avenue) in Mombasa (the street is aligned with the range line). Site open, tower closed. ARLHS KEN-005; Admiralty D6772; NGA 31208.

  • Current management body/ ports authority

    Kenya Ports Authority

  • 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

    Open

  • Is the tower open/closed to the public

    Closed

  • Latitude and Longitude

    -4,0716195 39,6807

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

    ARLHS KEN-005; Admiralty D6772; NGA 31208.

  • Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?

    Chance Lighthouses (1856-1917) (61 years): Ra's Serani Range Beacon (Inactive) or Ra's Serani Range Front (Active)

added on 9 august 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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R'as Serani Range Front Light, Mombasa, March 2018
Ra's Serani Range Front. A postcard view showing both lights of the original range; the front light was on the obelisk and the rear light on the round cast iron tower.
Ra's Serani Range Beacon. A postcard view of the original light, which was similar but round.
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