Tang Lung Chau

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Tang Lung Chau
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View of Tang Lung Chau from Tsing Ma Bridge.
Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse
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Tang Lung Chau
Location Tang Lung Chau, Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Coordinates 22°20′23″N114°03′47″E / 22.3396°N 114.0631°E / 22.3396; 114.0631
Tower
Constructed1912  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Foundationconcrete base
Constructionmetal skeletal tower
Height12 m (39 ft)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Shapesquare pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and lantern
Markingswhite tower and lantern
Heritage declared monuments of Hong Kong   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Light
Focal height37 m (121 ft)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Range18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Characteristic Fl W 5s  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Hong Kong no.HK-062 [2] [3]

Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse and the former lightkeeper's house, located on Tang Lung Chau, was declared a monument on 29 December 2000. [4]

The lighthouse, also commonly known as Kap Sing Lighthouse, was put into service on 29 April 1912; it is one of the five surviving pre-war lighthouses in Hong Kong . It is a skeletal steel tower of 11.8 metres (39 ft) high with a white lantern on top. The steel tower and light apparatus were obtained from England. The lighthouse, unmanned and automated, is now under the management of the Marine Department. [5]

There is a bedroom, a kitchen, a latrine and a store room in the adjoining brick light keeper's house. [5] There was no spring or fresh water supply on the island so the light keeper of Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse used rainwater which was collected from the roof and then diverted into an underground tank. [5]

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References

  1. "District Council Constituency Boundaries - Tsuen Wan District" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. 4 December 2018.
  2. Hong Kong [ dead link ]The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 14 December 2016
  3. NGA List of Lights – Pub.112 Retrieved 14 December 2016
  4. Antiquities and Monuments Office - Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse
  5. 1 2 3 "The Geographical Information System on Hong Kong Heritage". Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2006.

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Coordinates: 22°20′24″N114°03′45″E / 22.3401°N 114.0624°E / 22.3401; 114.0624