Manora Point Lighthouse (original) (raw)

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The Manora Point Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in Manora, Karachi, on the Arabian Sea in Pakistan, where it is fourth tallest lighthouse in the country at a height of 38 m (125 ft). The lighthouse was first established on the point in 1851, being second oldest light station in the former British Indian Empire. Extensively rebuilt in 1889, it still remains operational today as a navigational aid for ships entering the nearby Port of Karachi. The conical masonry tower, with a lantern and gallery, has a daymark on the seaward side of the lighthouse of horizontal bands of red, white and black. In 1908, the lighthouse was improved with the installation of a hyperradiant Fresnel lens manufactured by the English company Chance Brothers. The management of the lighthouse is undertaken by the Karachi Port Trust and although the site is open to the public the island is itself a restricted zone due to it being surrounded by Pakistan Navy bases. Although the lighthouse is listed as a heritage monument, there is no public access to the tower. (en)

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1851

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Manora Point in December 2005 (en)

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Tower – (en)

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Manora - 11008351 crop.jpg (en)

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Red and white horizontal bands (en)

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Manora Point Lighthouse (en)

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Conical (en)

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Captain L. Bilton, 1862 (en)

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Correspondent of the Mercantile Marine Magazine (en)

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Manora is the Brighton of Karachi—or rather will be—where the inhabitants resort for change of air; it is well adapted for bathing, and is cool and pleasant from its vicinity to the sea...Point Manora is a high bluff, on which is the lighthouse, with a good fixed light, visible 16 to 18 miles off; but the whole point is rapidly wasting away, and will in time be only a sandy spit. (en)

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The Manora Point Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in Manora, Karachi, on the Arabian Sea in Pakistan, where it is fourth tallest lighthouse in the country at a height of 38 m (125 ft). The lighthouse was first established on the point in 1851, being second oldest light station in the former British Indian Empire. (en)

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