Traditional Chinese 燈籠洲 Focal height 37 m Range 33,336 m | Romanization den1 lung2 ziu1 Height 12 m Year first constructed 1912 | |
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Similar Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse, Waglan Island, Kap Shui Mun Bridge, Green Island - Hong Kong, Airport Core Program | ||
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Tang Lung Chau (Chinese: 燈籠洲; Sidney Lau: Dang1 Lung4 Jau1) is a small island located off the south coast of Ma Wan to the north-west of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is administratively part of Tsuen Wan District.
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Lighthouse
Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse and the former light keeper's house, located on Tang Lung Chau, was declared a monument on 29 December 2000.
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 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 Marine Department.
There is a bedroom, a kitchen, a latrine and a store room in the adjoining brick light keeper's house. 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.