Keelung Lighthouse – Taiwan
1900. Active; focal plane 40 m (131 ft); one short and one long white flash every 7 s. 11 m (36 ft) round concrete tower with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white; the lantern dome is black. The original lighthouse was a brick tower; it appears that it was encased in concrete during a reconstruction in 1962. Located off Guanghua Road above a busy containership terminal on a peninsula at the west side of the entrance to Keelung harbor. Site status unknown but probably open, tower closed. ARLHS TAI-055; Admiralty F4674; NGA 13604.
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