Cape Race Lighthouse
| Cape Race Lighthouse | ||
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| Place: |
 Canada , Cape Race
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| Location: | Southeast Cape of the Avalon Peninsula on Newfoundland | |
| Geographical location: | 46 ° 39 '32.5 " N , 53 ° 4' 24.6" W | |
| Fire carrier height : | 29 m | |
| Fire height : | 52 m | |
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| Identifier : | Fl.W.7.5s | |
| Optics: | Fresnel lens | |
| Operating mode: | electric | |
| Function: | Sea fire | |
| Construction time: | 1856/1907 | |
| Operating time: | since 1856 | |
| International ordinal number: | H 0444 | |
Cape Race Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Canada . It stands on Cape Race , the southeastern tip of Avalon in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador .
The first lighthouse at this point was put into operation in 1856. It was a cast iron tower with an oil lamp that was turned by a clockwork. In 1907 it was replaced by a 29 meter high concrete tower with a Fresnel lens , manufactured by the British company Chance Brothers and Company . The identifier consists of a white lightning bolt every 7.5 seconds. There is also a fog horn with two tones every 60 seconds. The original lighthouse then stood on Cape North on Nova Scotia and came to the Canadian Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa in 1980 .
Web links
Commons : Cape Race Lighthouse - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Lighthouses of Southeastern Newfoundland accessed November 5, 2010