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Waglan Island

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The lighthouse itself was built by Paris lighthouse makers Barbier, Bénard & Turenne as one of two identical lights for the Chinese Maritime Customs Marine Department (the other was Beiyushan Lighthouse). Both were some of the first lighthouses in the world to use a new mercury bath rotating lens
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In 1945 after World War II the lighthouse resumed operations, installing a temporary light for the purpose. In January 1946, the Hong Kong Civil Affairs Committee approved HK$ 2,050,000 for the reconstruction and modernization of Waglan Lighthouse and it's facilities.
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design that allowed an 8 tonne first order lens to be rotated with the push of a finger. They were constructed of cast iron, disassembled and shipped out for reassembly in their chosen locations.
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was installed as a replacement to the cannons' fog signal. It produced a two tone blast, an upper tone followed by a full steady low tone of equal or greater duration than the first tone. The
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Wagan Lighthouse entered service in 9th of May 1893, the layout of Waglan Island Lighthouse was designed by David Marr Henderson, Engineer in Chief of the
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for the furniture and maintenance of the lighthouse. Employing 3 Europeans and assisted by 6 Chinese as the working team. In the coming years, a
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Freeman, Maurice (21 May 1950). "WORLD'S MOST MODERN LIGHTHOUSE FLASHES IN HONGKONG: Waglan's New Plant Begins Operation ALMOST AN AUTOMATON".
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Before the 1840s, there was not much sea traffic in Hong Kong. But after the Treaties of Nanking, Peking and Tientsin from 1842-1860, the
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since 2000. It commenced operation in 1893; it is one of the five surviving pre-war lighthouses in Hong Kong.
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used to transport people and cargo onto the island was also built. It was managed by the
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Plan of Wagland Island Lighthouse in 3 March 1894, drawn by David Marr Henderson.
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Before Wagan Lighthouse entered service in 9th of May 1893, Wagan Island was an
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Roger Banister, Chinese Maritime Custom Chapter II, Southern District, 1932.
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Notice to Mariners in 1893 about the inauguration of the Waglan Lighthouse.
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white tower with a horizontal red band under the balcony, white lantern
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was one such port that became strategic for merchants arriving from
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The Waglan Lighthouse on Waglan Island has been listed as a
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In 1 March 1901, Waglan island was transferred to the
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HONG KONG'S LIGHTHOUSES AND THE MEN WHO MANNED THEM
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Index

Waglan Lighthouse


South China Sea
Hong Kong
District
Islands District
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jyutping

Po Toi group of islands
Hong Kong
precipitation
relative humidity
Hong Kong Observatory
Qing government
Hong Kong
Europe
lighthouses

Chinese Maritime Customs
derrick
Chinese Maritime Customs

uninhabited island

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