The Lobito Lighthouse is an Angolan lighthouse located at the top of the cliffs on the east side of the entrance to the port and bay of Lobito, in front of the tip of the restinga, north of the city of the same name, province of Benguela.
Cylindrical masonry tower, with gallery and lantern, next to a small lighthouse keepers' house.
Lighthouse painted white with a wide red bar.
As can be seen in the photographs, the lantern appears to have been, at least since 1999, on top of a white pole with narrow red stripes, a short distance from the primitive lighthouse, powered by solar energy.
The port of Lobito is the terminus of the famous Benguela Railway, which serves the mines of Zambia and the southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Chronology
·1915 - construction
·1995 - the lighthouse was badly damaged, due to the period of civil war
· 1999 - the lighthouse no longer has a lantern, with the light being on a post a short distance from the original lighthouse
·2004/2007 - beautifully restored
·2007 - lighthouse concessioned, which guarantees its conservation, being used as a weekend house.
Operational Information:
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Access: By 4x4, approximately 14 km from the center of Lobito
Open to the public: open location, closed tower
International No.: D-5280;
NGA No.: 25640
ARLHS No.: YEAR-008
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