Tang Laun Chau (Kap Sing) Lighthouse

Chance Brothers Lighthouse Chance Brothers Lighthouse
  • Date of lens manufacture

    1911?

  • Date of lighthouse construction

    1912 - dificult to find Chance reference except that -Apparatus came from England'.

  • Country

    Hong Kong

  • Commissioning body
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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

    Fl W 5s

  • Describe the lighthouses daymarks

    12m square pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and lantern, painted white

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

    The lighthouse, also commonly known as Kap Sing Lighthouse, was put into service on 29 April 1912; it is one of the five surviving pre-war lighthouses in Hong Kong. It is a skeletal steel tower of 11.8 metres (39 ft) high with a white lantern on top. The steel tower and light apparatus were obtained from England. The lighthouse, unmanned and automated, is now under the management of the Marine Department.

  • Current management body/ ports authority

    Marine department

  • 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

  • Is the tower open/closed to the public

    Closed

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

    'Hong Kong's Lighthouses and The Men who manned them' by Louis HA and Dan Waters :Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong branch: Vol.41(2001)

    ARLHS HOK-004; HK-062; Admiralty P3530.6; NGA 19520.

  • Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?
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added on August 22, 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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Tang Lung Chau (Kap Sing) Light
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