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Photo 103(1)
- Record Id:
- 040-003047682
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003047681
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025648639.0x0000e7
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 103(1)
- Title:
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Cape Monze Lighthouse, Karachi District. Photographer: Sequeira, Ignatius
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
General view of the lighthouse, from inland looking seawards. Typescript copy of a note from the Superintendent of Lighthouses, Karachi District, pasted to reverse of print, reads: 'This is the most westerly lighthouse in India and is situated in latitude 24-29'-40'' North, longitude 66-39'-55'' East. It was built by the Public Works Department of the Government of Bombay, being completed in 1914. The light was first exhibited on June 1st 1914. The total cost was Rs.1,57,894 and the candle power is 777,000. The height of the focal plane is 162.2' above the H.W. [high water] mark. Visibility 19 miles. The light is of great importance to vessels making for Karachi and is of great service to country craft. The coast in the vicinity is very rocky and dangerous'.
Subjects = lighthouses
Location = Cape Monze; Pakistan; Sindh
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003047681
040-003047682 - Is part of:
- Photo 103 : Lighthouses and lightships in India and Burma (Myanmar). Photographer(s): Sequeira, Ignatius
Photo 103(1) : Cape Monze Lighthouse, Karachi District. Photographer: Sequeira, Ignatius - Hierarchy:
- 032-003047681[0001]/040-003047682
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 103
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 1929
- Date Range:
- 1920s
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Sequeira, Ignatius