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Character

Tower


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Optical Equipment

Illuminant

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F 0951
13o 53.5’ N
80o 12.3’ E

flash (2) White every 15 sec.

30 m high Circular Concrete Tower (Red and White bands)

33 m

26 Nautical Miles

PRB-21 Sealed Beam Lamps inside3.5 m diameter Lantern house(ANA)

Auto head lamp assembly 400W, 230 Halogen Lamps

Mains supply 440V 50Hz (Standby Genset Provided)

1853

1902,1928,1983,1999

Armagon lighthouse, NIDIGURTHEY-524 403
 

Armagon lighthouse is about 80 Km from Gudur Railway Station. The lighthouse warns about the shoal 6 Nautical Miles off the coast.

            A circular masonry Lighthouse tower 30m high was constructed in 1853. An oil lamp with optic was installed on this tower. In 1902, a 3 rd order optic with group flashing DA gas light replaced the oil lamp. This equipment remained in position till 1928 when the lighthouse had to be abandoned due to heavy malarial attack and the light keeper dying one after the other. The station remained closed for about ten year as the measures for eradication of mosquitoes from the station and the surrounding areas took a long time. Attempts in the meantime to install a sun valve in order to make the light automatic and convert the station to an unattended station did not succeed. The station was however made operational in 1938.

            The project for the construction of a new 37m Lighthouse tower was taken up in 1980 and on completion, PRB 21 equipment supplied by M/s Asia Navigational Aids, New Delhi was installed. The Lighthouse was commissioned into service in March 1983. The old tower was dismantled up to half its height and modified to support a water tank for the supply of water to the station.

            The sealed beam lamps were replaced by Auto head lights with 100W24V halogen lamps in March 1999.

  
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