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Ogidigben (Escravos River)
Chance Brothers Lighthouse
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Date of lens manufacture
1952
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Date of lighthouse construction
1952
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Country
Nigeria
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Commissioning body
Nigerian Ports Authority
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Order of lens
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Fixed or revolving lens
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Active/Inactive
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Describe the character of light
3 W 20 s
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Describe the lighthouses daymarks
Approx. 40 m (131 ft) square pyramidal skeletal tower with lantern, painted white with a black horizontal band.
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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
Apparently inactive; listed by NGA with focal plane 40 m (131 ft); . The Escravos River is the site of large and controversial natural gas terminals; residents protesting this industrialization have seized the facilities and held hostages several times. Escravos is the Portuguese word for slaves, a reference to a a former slave trading base on the river. Located on the east side of the river entrance near Ogidigben, on the west side of the Niger River Delta. Site status unknown. ARLHS NIG-003; ex-Admiralty D3900; NGA 25036.
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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?
Unknown
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Is the site open/closed to the public
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Is the tower open/closed to the public
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Latitude and Longitude
5°33′36.0″N 5°10′54.0″E (NGA); 5.56 5.181667 (List of Lights)
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On-site bookable accommodation available
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Associated web addresses
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Other details
ARLHS NIG-003; ex-Admiralty D3900; NGA 25036.
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Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?
Chance Lighthouse Destroyed or Ruined
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Date of decommissioning of lighthouse
Unknown