Kinkasan Lighthouse
Kinkasan Lighthouse (金華山灯台, Kinkasan tōdai) is a lighthouse on Kinkasan, an island off the Oshika Peninsula in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, Japan.
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| Location | Kinkasan Oshika Peninsula Ishinomaki, Miyagi Japan |
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| Coordinates | 38°16′35.6″N 141°35′03.0″E |
| Year first constructed | 1876 |
| Year first lit | November 1, 1876 |
| Automated | 2005 |
| Construction | granite tower |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | white tower and lantern |
| Tower height | 54.6 metres (179 ft) |
| Focal height | 12.82 metres (42.1 ft) |
| Original lens | Second order Fresnel |
| Intensity | 320,000 cd |
| Range | 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) |
| Characteristic | Al Fl W R 20s. |
| Admiralty number | M6546 |
| NGA number | 4344 |
| ARLHS number | JPN-259 |
| Japan number | JCG-1728[1] |
The Kinkasan Lighthouse was one of 26 lighthouses designed and built in Meiji period Japan by the British engineer Richard Henry Brunton. It was completed and lit on November 1, 1876, eight months after Brunton left Japan.
The lighthouse was destroyed from July to August 1945 by the United States Navy during World War II, but was rebuilt in February 1946. It was completely automated on April 1, 2005.
References
- Brunton, Richard. Building Japan, 1868-1879. Japan Library, 1991. ISBN 1-873410-05-0
- Pedlar, Neil. The Imported Pioneers: Westerners who Helped Build Modern Japan. Routledge, 1990. ISBN 0-904404-51-X
- Brunton, Richard H. "THE JAPAN LIGHTS (INCLUDING APPENDIX AND PLATES AT BACK OF VOLUME)." Minutes of the Proceedings [of the Institution of Civil Engineers] 47.1877 (1876): 11. ICE Virtual Library. Web. 8 May 2011. <http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/imotp.1877.22547>.
External links
- Lighthouses in Japan (in Japanese)
- Historic Lighthouses of Japan
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