Faro Recalada a Bahía Blanca
| Faro Recalada a Bahía Blanca | ||
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| Place: |
 Argentina , Buenos Aires Province |
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| Location: | Buenos Aires Province , Argentina | |
| Geographical location: | 38 ° 59 '26.8 " S , 61 ° 15' 35.8" W | |
| Fire carrier height : | 67 m | |
| Fire height : | 75 m | |
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| Identifier : | Fl.W.9s | |
| Optics: | Fresnel lens | |
| Construction time: | 1905 | |
| Operating time: | since January 1, 1906 | |
| International ordinal number: | G 0986 | |
The Faro Recalada a Bahía Blanca is a lighthouse ( Faro in Spanish ) in Argentina . It denotes the landfall ( Spanish Recalada ) for the port of Bahía Blanca . The Puerto Belgrano naval base is also located at the entrance to the bay of the same name .
The individual parts for the 67 meter high, free-standing steel lattice tower were manufactured in France by the company that also built the Eiffel Tower . The tower was then built east of the Monte Hermoso seaside resort . It has an octagonal cross-section with a stepped tube in the middle and carries the lantern chamber with two galleries. It officially went into operation on January 1, 1906. The Faro Recalada a Bahía Blanca is the tallest lighthouse in South America and the entire southern hemisphere .
There are daily tours of the lighthouse and a small museum . There are 293 steps to the viewing platform.
See also
Web links
- Lista de Faros Argentinos. Servicio de Hidrografía Naval, accessed 23 August 2015 (Spanish).
- Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of Northern Argentina ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved August 23, 2015.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Visit to Recalada Lighthouse and the Lighthouse Museum. Retrieved on August 23, 2015 .