Dongquan Lighthouse

Dongquan Lighthouse
Tungchu Tao
	Dongquan Lighthouse at night
	Taiwan
Location	Dongju Island; Matsu Islands; Juguang; Taiwan
Coordinates	25°58′04.5″N 119°59′08.6″E
Year first constructed	1872
Construction	granite tower
Tower shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern	white tower, black lantern dome
Tower height	19.5 metres (64 ft)
Focal height	78.3 metres (257 ft)
Light source	mains power
Range	16.7 nautical miles (30.9 km; 19.2 mi)
Characteristic	Fl (1+2) W 20s.
Admiralty number	P3634
NGA number	19132
ARLHS number	TAI-032
Managing agent	Maritime and Port Bureau[1] [2]

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]

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.

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References

Dongju The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 13 April 2016
Tungchu Tao Maritime and Port Bureau
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
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.
"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.
"British Beam". Retrieved 30 December 2014.
"Matsu's Tungchu Tao Lighthouse stands tests of time".
Shan, Shelley (5 June 2019). "Artist-in-residence starts lighthouse duties today". Taipei Times. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

External links

Maritime and Port Bureau MOTC

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[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.