1952
1952
Nigeria
Nigerian Ports Authority
Size of lens unknown
Active
2 20s
Square pyramidal steel skeletal tower with steel lantern house.
Active; focal plane 30 m (98 ft); two white flashes every 20 s. 28 m (92 ft) square pyramidal skeletal tower with lantern and gallery. Entire lighthouse is steel gray. A photo is above, Trabas has Captain Peter's photo, and Bing has a satellite view. The lighthouse marks the entrance to Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State and a major base for the oil industry. Located on the east side of the entrance to the Bonny River, at the eastern edge of the Niger River Delta. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS NIG-002; Admiralty D3940; NGA 25064.
Not sure whether the current light apparatus is Chance Brothers.
Nigerian Ports Authority
No
Rusty
Open
Closed
4 24.2047 N 7 8.1113 E
https://www.chancecomments.co.uk/pdf/1952-03%2020191120114314504.pdf
ARLHS NIG-002; Admiralty D3940; NGA 25064.
https://www.chancecomments.co.uk/pdf/1952-03%2020191120114314504.pdf There is a reference here to Chance Brothers employees being sent out to distant shores to install lighthouses, including this one at Bonny Point - see Page 14 under Engineering