North Sandy Island Lighthouse

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Admiralty Reference # 1694
1913, 1980 - present

Ralph Meakins Collection

Photo by Ralph Meakins

The original Light with 1580 candle power was made by Chance Bros of Birmingham in England. It was fuelled by dissolved acetylene. The tower was a braced open lattice steel tower in the design group of a 'North-West Unattended Light'. The current tower is a stainless steel lattice tower with a NALI lantern house.

The current Tower is a stainless steel lattice tower with a NALI lantern house. The light was converted to solar power in 1987.