Construction granite tower Height 12 m Range 33,336 m Year first constructed 1896 | Current lens n/a Opened 1896 Focal height 43 m | |
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Location Capul IslandNorthern SamarPhilippines Tower shape cylindrical tower with double balcony and lantern Markings / pattern white tower with red trims, white lantern Original lens third-order Fresnel lens Similar Batag Island Lighthouse, Pasig River Light, Capul Church, Maniguin Island Lighthouse, Apo Reef Light | ||
Capul Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Titoog Point in San Luis on the northern tip of Capul Island, Northern Samar in the Philippines. It marks the western entrance to the San Bernardino Strait coming in from Ticao Pass.
Map of Capul Island Lighthouse, Municipality of Capul, Philippines
Construction on the lighthouse was started on October 1893 and it was first lit on December 1896 while the station was still partially complete. Work was suspended a month before on November 1896 on the onset of the Philippine Revolution.
The Capul Island Lighthouse together with the Batag Island Lighthouse were declared provincial historical landmarks by the province of Northern Samar in October 2008.
References
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