1895
1893
South Africa
Cape Colonial Government
1st order
Revolving
Active
Circular cast iron tower painted with red and white bands.
A first-order Chance Brothers lens was installed in a 80ft cast-iron tower along with a 12ft lantern, spares, stores etc at a cost of £6,700. William Stokes of Chance Bros installed it. Its six-wick Trinity House Douglass burner produced 47,000 candle power, and was replaced in 1906 with an incandescent petroleum 180,000-candlepower vapour burner, and in 1940 by 4kw electric lamp producing three million candlepower. The optic was replaced in 1974 with an AGA 250mm catadioptric pedestal.
Transnet Port Authority
No
Excellent
Closed
Closed
ARLHS SAF-042; Admiralty D5860; NGA 113-25956.
https://www.sa-venues.com/things-to-do/westerncape/dassen-island-lighthouse/
Lighthouses of South Africa, Gerald Hoberman
1974