Harrison Point Lighthouse

Harrison Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the northern Parish of Saint Lucy, Barbados.^[1]

Harrison Point Lighthouse

Harrison Point Lighthouse in 2008
Location	Saint Lucy Barbados
Coordinates	13°18′30.7″N 59°38′53.4″W
Tower
Constructed	1925
Construction	concrete block
Height	26 metres (85 ft)
Shape	cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white tower and red lantern
Light
First lit	2011
Deactivated	2007-2011
Focal height	59 metres (194 ft)
Range	3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi)
Characteristic	F R

History

The lighthouse has a cylindrical shape and it was the latest, of four lighthouses, to be built on the island, in 1925. It is built in concrete block, it has a height of 26 metres (85 ft) and a focal height of 59 metres (194 ft). The tower is white painted and the lantern is red; its characteristic, before the temporary deactivation. was two white flashes every 15 seconds.^[2] The lighthouse was deactivated probably in 2007, as reported by Admiralty, because it was on the ground of a prison; the tower was abandoned and the keeper's house ruined. In 2011 the Admiralty confirmed the activity of the lighthouse with a continuous red light.

See also

• List of lighthouses in Barbados
• United States Naval Facility, Barbados