Beiding (Peiting Yu, Peiting Tao, Dodd Island) Lighthouse
Chance Lantern room in Smethwick before shipment to China
Chance Archives
Chance Brothers Lighthouse
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Date of lens manufacture
1880's
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Date of lighthouse construction
1883
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Country
China
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Commissioning body
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Order of lens
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Fixed or revolving lens
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Active/Inactive
Active
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Describe the character of light
two white flashes every 10 s.
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Describe the lighthouses daymarks
18 m (56 ft) round brick tower with gallery, painted white. Lantern removed.
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Which aspects of the lighthouse (other than the lens) were manufactured by Chance brothers
lantern
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Describe the history of the lighthouse
China - off Kinmen Island aka Quemoy. Lens and Lantern room were shipped out and installed at the Dodd Island Lighthouse, on the easternmost point of Quemoy Island (Chin-men; Jinmen; Kinmen Island, Taiwan). The lighthouse was first lighted on 18 October 1883.
Reactivated (inactive from World War II to 1975); This is a staffed station, crews serving 15 day shifts. The lantern was destroyed in World War II and replaced with a short skeletal tower in 1947. The lighthouse was renovated and reactivated in 1975. Beiding is a small island about 3 km (2 mi) off the eastern tip of Kinmen. Accessible only by boat; there may be distant views from the mainland of Kinmen. Site status unknown.
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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?
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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
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On-site bookable accommodation available
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Associated web addresses
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Other details
University of Bristol – Historical Photographs of China reference number: DH-s136. This photograph was taken in 1880 at the Chance Brothers factory in Smethwick, West Midlands, England. Both the lantern and the lens were made at Chance Brothers. They were shipped out and installed at the Dodd Island Lighthouse, on the easternmost point of Quemoy Island (Chin-men; Jinmen; Kinmen Island, Taiwan). The lighthouse was first lighted on 18 October 1883.
ARLHS TAI-021; Admiralty P3620; NGA 19176.
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Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?
Photograph by Felicity Somers Eve. Image courtesy of C.H. Foo, Y.W. Foo and Special Collections, University of Bristol Library
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