Tang Lung Chau
Tang Lung Chau (Chinese: 燈籠洲) is a islet located off the southern coast of Ma Wan island to the northwest of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is administratively part of Tsuen Wan District.
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| Simplified Chinese | 灯笼洲 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Lighthouse
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| Location | Tang Lung Chau, Tsuen Wan District, Ma Wan, British Hong Kong, Hong Kong |
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| Coordinates | 22°20′23″N 114°03′47″E |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1912  |
| Foundation | concrete base |
| Construction | metal skeletal tower |
| Height | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Shape | square pyramidal skeletal tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings | white tower and lantern |
| Heritage | declared monuments of Hong Kong |
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| Focal height | 37 m (121 ft) |
| Range | 18 nmi (33 km; 21 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 5s |
| Hong Kong no. | HK-062[1][2] |
Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse and the former light keeper's house, located on Tang Lung Chau, was declared a monument on 29 December 2000.[3]
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.[4]
There is a bedroom, a kitchen, a latrine and a store room in the adjoining brick light keeper's house.[4] 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.[4]
See also
Gallery
View of Ma Wan, with Tang Lung Chau in the upper part of the picture
References
- Hong Kong The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 14 December 2016
- NGA List of Lights – Pub.112 Retrieved 14 December 2016
- Antiquities and Monuments Office - Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse
- The Geographical Information System on Hong Kong Heritage
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tang Lung Chau. |
- Aerial view on Google Maps
- Map of Tang Lung Chau
- Ha, Louis; Waters, Dan (2001). "Hong Kong's Lighthouses and the Men Who Manned Them" (PDF). Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 41: 281–320. ISSN 1991-7295.