| 词条 | Georges Island Lighthouse |
| 释义 |
| name = Georges Island Lighthouse | image_name = A Tuesday afternoon on the Halifax harbour (July 3 2007) (707106601).jpg | image_width = | caption = Georges Island viewed from Halifax | location = Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada | pushpin_map = Nova Scotia | pushpin_map_caption = Nova Scotia | pushpin = lighthouse | coordinates = {{coord|44.640658|N|63.560353|W|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | yearbuilt = 1876 (first) 1903 (second) destroyed by fire in 1916 | yearlit = 1919 (current) | automated = 1972 | yeardeactivated = | foundation = | construction = concrete tower | shape = octagonal frustum prism with balcony and lantern | marking = white tower with a red vertical stripe on the range line, red dome | height = {{convert|16|m|ft}} | focalheight = {{convert|17.5|m|ft}} | lens = | currentlens = | lightsource = | intensity = | range = {{convert|15|nmi}}[1] | characteristic = F W | fogsignal = 3s. blast every 30s. | racon = | admiralty = H3618 | canada = CCG 538 | NGA = 9944 | ARLHS = CAN-193 | USCG = | country = | countrynumber = | countrylink = | managingagent = Parks Canada [2] | heritage = | module = }} Georges Island Lighthouse is a prominent concrete lighthouse, built in 1917 which replaced an earlier tower built in 1876. The light-keeper's house remains standing a few hundred feet to the north.[3] The lighthouse is operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. HistoryThe lighthouse was automated in 1972, and in 2005 the foghorn was decommissioned. In the summer of 2006 the lighthouse was used by the U.S. Navy in training exercises.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}} List of lighthouse keepers
See also
References1. ^{{cite ngall|110|2016|}} 2. ^{{cite rowlett|ns3|accessdate=January 3, 2016}} 3. ^Georges Island Lighthouse: Later History. Nova Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society. External links
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