Ponnani Lighthouse

Ponnani Lighthouse
	The lighthouse in 2014
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Location	Template:Wikidata location
OS grid	Template:Gbmappingsmall
Coordinates	10°46′41″N 75°55′01″E / 10.778010°N 75.917027°ECoordinates: 10°46′41″N 75°55′01″E / 10.778010°N 75.917027°E
Constructed	1937 (first); 1948 (second)
Construction	concrete tower
Tower height	30 metres (98 ft)
Tower shape	dodecagon tower with balcony and lantern
Markings	white and black horizontal bands
	Template:Infobox lighthouse/light

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Ponnani Lighthouse is situated in Ponnani, Malappuram district, Kerala on the south bank of the Bharathappuzha river.^[2] It was commissioned on 17 April 1983. The tower has a circular cross-section and a height of 30 meters. The light source is a metal halide lamp. The lighthouse has direct drive facility. The Ponnani port is located on the estuary of River Bharathappuzha (the longest river of Kerala) and Tirur River.

A flag staff used to assist the craft to negotiate the entrance to the port prior to a steel mast with an oil wick being hoisted in 1937. In 1948 a steel trestle was with a gas flasher was installed. After the present tower was constructed in 1983, the light source was replaced on 23 July 1995.^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

↑ Ponnani Lighthouse Archived 11 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships
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↑ "Indian Lighthouses: An Overview" (PDF). DGLL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
↑ "Lighthouses in Kerala". Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

External links[edit]

Ponnani Lighthouse in Lighthouse Digest's Lighthouse Explorer Database
Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships
Remaining Date for Ponnani Municipality Election 2020

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[1] Ponnani Lighthouse Archived 11 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships

[2] Template:Cite rowlett

[Dgll-3] "Indian Lighthouses: An Overview" (PDF). DGLL. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

[Lighthouses-4] "Lighthouses in Kerala". Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2014.

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v t e Lighthouses in Kerala
Lighthouses are listed in a north to south sequence. Italics indicate inactive sites.
Kannur Mahe Kadalur Point Kozhikode Beypore Ponnani Chetwai Azhikode Vypin Manakkodam Alappuzha Kovilthottam Tangasseri Vizhinjam
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