Lighthouse at Cabo Ráper
| Lighthouse at Cabo Ráper Faro Cabo Ráper |
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| Place: | Taitao , Chile | |
| Location: | Chile | |
| Geographical location: | 46 ° 48 '11.9 " S , 75 ° 38' 18.6" W | |
| Fire carrier height : | 14 m | |
| Fire height : | 61 m | |
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| Identifier : | 1 flash every 5 seconds | |
| Scope knows: | 18 nm (33.3 km ) | |
| Optics: | Rotating mirror (sea fire) | |
| Function: | Orientation fire | |
| Construction time: | around 1900 and 1912–1914 | |
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 O&K locomotive No. 4975/1912 of the field railway at Cabo Ráper
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.png) Modern dirt road along the former route
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| Route length: | 7.5 km | ||||||||||||||||
| Gauge : | 600 mm ( narrow gauge ) | ||||||||||||||||
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The lighthouse at Cabo Ráper ( Spanish Faro Cabo Ráper ) is a lighthouse on the Taitao peninsula in the Región de Aysén of Chile .
history
Establishment of the warehouse in Puerto Slight
On September 1, 1900, 22 workers and the crew of the Escampavía Yáñez began construction. On October 7, 1900, engineer George Slight issued instructions for the construction of the tower, the lighthouse keeper's house and a warehouse, as well as the construction of the temporary jetty.
The loneliness and the long walk to Puerto Slight created suspicion and fear among the construction workers. The engineer Dupouy built a warehouse in Puerto Slight on November 7, 1900, but was forced to return with the construction workers at night on board the Escampavía Yáñez , which led to delays in construction. Despite the bad weather, the first house in Puerto Slight was completed after 68 working days.
Use of the jetty
Braun & Blanchard's steamships preferred to dock in Puerto Barroso until, on January 18, 1910, after many unsuccessful formalities, George Slight received a government decree that obliged the ships to dock in his port as well.
Construction of the light railroad
By March 23, 1912, an initially 3.5 km long field railway was built to transport the building material, which led over several bridges up to 18 m high with reinforced concrete pillars. It was the only way to get through the rugged and rocky terrain along the sea to the base of the hill on which the lighthouse was built.
The eventually 7.5 km long field railway was completed in 1913. A train with tipping lorries and flat cars drove on it, which were pulled by a Koppel locomotive with the factory number 4975/1912 supplied by Orenstein & Koppel . At the end of the route just before the lighthouse there was a funicular on which the carts were pulled up to the lighthouse with a winch.
Commissioning of the lighthouse
The lighthouse was put into operation in 1914. After the lighthouse went into operation, the light railway continued to transport goods for the operation of the lighthouse and food for its crew.
Today's supply of the lighthouse
Around 1921 the locomotive was taken out of service for technical reasons. The light rail carts were then pushed by hand until 1933. Nowadays the lighthouse is supplied with the help of a small tractor and carts pulled by oxen and horses. Many pillars of the former light rail bridges are still preserved today (2009) .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Mateo Martinic B. (Instituto de Historia Pontificia Universidad Católic¿i de Chile): Ferrocarriles en la zona Austral de Chile, 1869–1973. In: Historia No 38, Vol. II, julio-diciembre 2005, pp. 377-378 and 383. See also HTML file . Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ↑ Martin Coombs (with 11 photos from the Allen Morrison collection): Lighthouse railways: Cabo Raper. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ↑ Lighthouses of Southern Chile: Aysén (Aisén) Region Lighthouses. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ↑ Martin Coombs (with 14 photos from the collection of Capitán Luis Longhi Bernal of the Chilean Navy): Lighthouse railways: Cabo Raper. . Retrieved March 1, 2020.