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Location |
Morant Point Saint Thomas Jamaica |
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Coordinates | 17°55′06″N 76°11′03″W / 17.918452°N 76.184297°W [1] |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1841
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Designed by |
Alexander Gordon
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Built by |
George Grove
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Foundation | concrete [3] |
Construction | cast iron tower [3] |
Height | 29 metres (95 ft) |
Shape | tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | tower painted with red and white horizontal bands |
Heritage | national monument
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Light | |
First lit | 1841 |
Focal height | 35 metres (115 ft) [2] |
Range | 22 nmi (41 km; 25 mi)
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Characteristic | Fl (3) W 20s. [2] |
Morant Point Lighthouse is on the easternmost tip of Jamaica, and is the oldest lighthouse on the island. [3]
Erected in 1841 by Kru men from Africa (who were among the free Africans brought to Jamaica in the period following emancipation), it is the oldest lighthouse on the island [3] and the first cast iron lighthouse built in the Western Hemisphere. [2]
It consists of a 30 m (100 ft) iron tube, cast in London in 1841, which has a diameter of 5 m (18 ft) at the base and 3 m (11 ft) at the cap [4] with lantern and gallery, painted with red and white horizontal bands. [2] To protect against surf during hurricanes, a semicircular masonry wall has been built around the seaward side of the base of the lighthouse. [2]
It was designed by Alexander Gordon and built by George Grove, later a leading writer on music. [2]
It is listed by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust as a historic monument, being "of considerable interest to historians of industrial technology". [3]
It is maintained by the Port Authority of Jamaica, an agency of the Ministry of Transport and Mining. [2]
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Location |
Morant Point Saint Thomas Jamaica |
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Coordinates | 17°55′06″N 76°11′03″W / 17.918452°N 76.184297°W [1] |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1841
![]() |
Designed by |
Alexander Gordon
![]() |
Built by |
George Grove
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Foundation | concrete [3] |
Construction | cast iron tower [3] |
Height | 29 metres (95 ft) |
Shape | tapered cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
Markings | tower painted with red and white horizontal bands |
Heritage | national monument
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Light | |
First lit | 1841 |
Focal height | 35 metres (115 ft) [2] |
Range | 22 nmi (41 km; 25 mi)
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Characteristic | Fl (3) W 20s. [2] |
Morant Point Lighthouse is on the easternmost tip of Jamaica, and is the oldest lighthouse on the island. [3]
Erected in 1841 by Kru men from Africa (who were among the free Africans brought to Jamaica in the period following emancipation), it is the oldest lighthouse on the island [3] and the first cast iron lighthouse built in the Western Hemisphere. [2]
It consists of a 30 m (100 ft) iron tube, cast in London in 1841, which has a diameter of 5 m (18 ft) at the base and 3 m (11 ft) at the cap [4] with lantern and gallery, painted with red and white horizontal bands. [2] To protect against surf during hurricanes, a semicircular masonry wall has been built around the seaward side of the base of the lighthouse. [2]
It was designed by Alexander Gordon and built by George Grove, later a leading writer on music. [2]
It is listed by the Jamaica National Heritage Trust as a historic monument, being "of considerable interest to historians of industrial technology". [3]
It is maintained by the Port Authority of Jamaica, an agency of the Ministry of Transport and Mining. [2]