Lighthouse at Cape Mesurado
| Lighthouse at Cape Mesurado | ||
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| Place: | Liberia , Monrovia | |
| Location: | Cape Mesurado | |
| Geographical location: | 6 ° 19 '19 " N , 10 ° 48' 58" W | |
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| Construction time: | renewed approx. 1900 | |
| Operating time: | circa 1990 | |
Lighthouse at Cape Mesurado was a lighthouse built in the first third of the 19th century on the West African Atlantic coast in the province of Montserrado in Liberia .
The tower was located on the site of the Fort Norris coastal battery and was also used as a powder tower for military purposes.
A postcard view from 1912 shows the lighthouse and two accompanying small buildings. This lighthouse, probably already the replacement building, was a two-storey massive structure with an octagonal floor plan, whitewashed, probably made of native granite. The tower had a protruding rectangular open platform that could also be used as a waiting room during the day. In the center of the platform was the beacon inserted in a glazed housing.
Other well-known lighthouses of the Liberian coast were
- Cape Palmas Lighthouse (today's tower from the 1940s)
- Grand Bassa Point (from 1906)
- Buchanan North Breakwater
- South Point (Greenville)
Others
The western tip of Cape Mesurado was given the name Mamba Point , which is why the tower is also noted as Mamba Point .
Web links
- Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of Liberia ( English ) In: The Lighthouse Directory . University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved September 17, 2011.