Powerful African Lighthouse

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 236, 6 October 1936, Page 10

Powerful African Lighthouse

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Among the renowned lighthouses that will be surpassed by the new beacon at Cape Columbine, which is north of Saldanha Bay, Cape Province, are the 3,000 000 candlepower light on the Lizard in England, the 6,388,000 candle power light at San Antonia, Portugal,

the 4,400,000 candlcpower light of Kykduin in Holland and every lighthouse in America, where the largest is at Navesink, on the coast of New Jersey, with 9,000,000 candlepower. With a visibility of 24 miles, the Cape Columbine lamp will make navigation safe on a stretch of coast which has for generations been shunned by mariners. The installation has cost £16,000 and it has taken two years to erect. Flashes from the lamp will be one white beam of light every 15 seconds.