The Medway Head Lighthouse
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Thank you for a wonderful tour to the top of the Medway Head Lighthouse. It was one of the highlights of my summer.
Thank you for a wonderful tour to the top of the Medway Head Lighthouse. It was one of the highlights of my summer.
The lighthouse on Medway Head was known as the Port Medway Lighthouse until that name was transferred to the tower built on the wharf at Port Medway in 1899. Thereafter, the structure marking the western side of the entrance to Port Medway Harbour was known as the Medway Head Lighthouse.
There have been four lighthouses at this site.
MEDWAY HEAD I
MEDWAY HEAD I
Location: West side of entrance to Port Medway
Standing: This light is no longer standing.
Operating: This light is no longer operating.
Began: 1851
Year Lit: 1851
Structure Type: Square wood dwelling, white, black square daymark
Light Characteristic: Fixed White (1941)
Tower Height: 023ft feet high.
Light Height: 044ft feet above water level.
History Items for This Lighthouse
1883 - catatropic lens, fixed white, 10m - 1913 - hand fog horn established
MEDWAY HEAD II
MEDWAY HEAD II
Location: West side of entrance to Port Medway
Standing: This light is still standing.
Operating: This light is no longer operating.
Began: 1927
Year Lit: 1927
Structure Type: Square dwelling, lantern on roof
Light Characteristic: Flashing White (1992)
Tower Height: 029ft feet high.
Light Height: 079ft feet above water level.
History Items for This Lighthouse
1927 - 1941 - 4th order dioptric lens, from dormer of dwelling, hand fog horn
1990 - electric lantern, mercury vapour, flashing white (12s)
1960 - 1963 - fog signal sounded from tower
1963 - replaced by fiberglass tower
MEDWAY HEAD III
MEDWAY HEAD III
Location: West side of entrance to Port Medway
Standing: This light is no longer standing.
Operating: This light is no longer operating.
Began: 1963
Year Lit: 1963
Structure Type: Circular fiberglass tower, white, red band
History Items for This Lighthouse
1963 - replaced original tower
replacement not shown in pilot until 1966 - 1970
Made in Mahone Bay.
MEDWAY HEAD IV
MEDWAY HEAD IV
Location: West side of entrance to Port Medway
Standing: This light is still standing.
Operating: This light is operational
Automated: All operating lights in Nova Scotia are automated.
Date Automated: Automated by 1987
Began: 1983
Year Lit: 1983
Structure Type: Square tapered combination lighthouse and equipment building
History Items for This Lighthouse
1983 - replaced fiberglass tower with wooden building
1990 - electric lantern, mercury vapour, flashing white (12s).
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