Dongquan Lighthouse

The Dongquan Lighthouse (Chinese: 東犬燈塔; pinyin: Dōngquǎn Dēngtǎ[3]) or Dongju Island Lighthouse (Chinese: 東莒島燈塔; pinyin: Dōngjǔ Dǎo Dēngtǎ) is a lighthouse on Dongju Island, Juguang Township, Lienchiang County, Fujian Province, Republic of China (Taiwan).[4]

Dongquan Lighthouse
Tungchu Tao
Dongquan Lighthouse at night
Taiwan
LocationDongju Island
Matsu Islands
Juguang
Taiwan
Coordinates25°58′04.5″N 119°59′08.6″E
Year first constructed1872
Constructiongranite tower
Tower shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / patternwhite tower, black lantern dome
Tower height19.5 metres (64 ft)
Focal height78.3 metres (257 ft)
Light sourcemains power
Range16.7 nautical miles (30.9 km; 19.2 mi)
CharacteristicFl (1+2) W 20s.
Admiralty numberP3634
NGA number19132
ARLHS numberTAI-032
Managing agentMaritime and Port Bureau[1] [2]

History

The lighthouse was built by the British Empire in 1872 to guide ships to Fuzhou during the Qing Dynasty when they were forced to open up along with four other treaty ports for trading. It was designated as a second-grade historic site in 1988 by the Ministry of the Interior.[5][6] Until 2013, the lighthouse came under the administration of Customs Administration of the Ministry of Finance before it was changed to Maritime and Port Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications.[7]

Architecture

The lighthouse is connected to the office annex building via a 30-meter long windbreak wall.

Features

The lighthouse features the Lighthouse Museum, opened in the English-style building in June 2008. An artist-in-residence program based at the lighthouse was established in June 2019.[8]

Technical specification

It can cast a beam of light that can be seen up to 16.7 nautical miles away.

gollark: Well, chickens are cool and all.
gollark: Perhaps, one day, there will be enough reds... one day.
gollark: Since that results in eggs and hatchlings growing at the same rate, no locking!
gollark: The trick is to never incubate anything, or to run out of reds.
gollark: For once I can actually catch the stupid things; less competition or whatever.

See also

References
  1. Dongju The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 13 April 2016
  2. Tungchu Tao Maritime and Port Bureau
  3. 臺灣歷史地圖 增訂版 [Taiwan Historical Maps, Expanded and Revised Edition] (in Chinese). Taipei: National Museum of Taiwan History. February 2018. p. 184. ISBN 978-986-05-5274-4. 東犬燈塔
  4. Pius Lee. "The Picturesque White Dongju Lighthouse Among A Sea Of Tall Grass On Juguang Island On Matsu Islands In Taiwan. Stock Photo 94933990 : Shutterstock". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  5. "Lienchiang County Government Plan to Make Trial Run of Fixed Dachiu Lines > News - Welcome to Matsu". Archived from the original on 2014-12-30. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
  6. "British Beam". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
  7. "Matsu's Tungchu Tao Lighthouse stands tests of time".
  8. Shan, Shelley (5 June 2019). "Artist-in-residence starts lighthouse duties today". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.