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OBJECT TYPE
Metal tower/Catadioptric lenses
DATE
1908
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1980.0768.001
MANUFACTURER
Unknown
MODEL
Money Point Lighthouse
LOCATION
Unknown

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
11
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
Metal, glass.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
N/A
Width
N/A
Height
19.52 m
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
13.6 m
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Marine Transportation
Category
Navigation instruments & equipment
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Unknown
Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Nova Scotia
Period
1908-1980
Canada
This lighthouse originally operated at Cape Race, Newfoundland, from 1856 to 1907. In 1908 it was dismantled and moved to Money Point at Cape North on Cape Breton Island, when it remained in service until 1980. The first lighthouse in Canada was erected on Cape Breton Island, at Louisburg in 1731.
Function
Displays characteristic light as a warning of danger at sea & as an aid to navigation.
Technical
Technologically very interesting, being of cast iron, modular construction, a 19th c. technique which was suited to the circumstances & location. Beacon machinery altered for museum use, but many traces of the original clock-work and oil-burning technology employed to operate the light remain. Revolving and flashing systems of light were introduced around the end of the 18th century to help distinguish one lighthouse from another. By 1890 the revolving light mechanisms were floated in mercury and driven by clockwork with great weights, which were wound up by the keeper at 2- to 4-hour intervals. The mercury floating system allowed bigger lamps to be used without having the friction problem.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
N/A
Missing
N/A
Finish
Exterior painted red & white chequers.
Decoration
N/A

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