Capul Island Lighthouse Explained

Location:Capul Island, Northern Samar, Philippines
Coordinates:12.4815°N 124.1413°W
Construction:granite tower
Shape:cylindrical tower with double balcony and lantern
Marking:white tower with red trims, white lantern
Height:12m (39feet)
Focalheight:43m (141feet)
Lens:third-order Fresnel lens
Characteristic:Fl W 7s.
Fogsignal:none

Capul Island Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse on Titoog Point in San Luis on the northern tip of Capul Island, Northern Samar in the Philippines.[1] [2] It marks the western entrance to the San Bernardino Strait coming in from Ticao Pass.

The design of the lighthouse started in 1892 under Guillermo Brockman. He designed a cylindrical lighthouse with a pavilion and machinery.[3] Construction on the lighthouse was started in October 1893 under Francisco Perez Muñoz and it was first lit in December 1896 while the station was still partially complete. Work was suspended a month before in November 1896 on the onset of the Philippine Revolution.[4] The pavilion was finished during the American era.

The Capul Island Lighthouse together with the Batag Island Lighthouse were declared provincial historical landmarks by the province of Northern Samar in October 2008.[5]

Historical marker

The lighthouse was declared as a National Historical Landmark on September 9, 2013. The marker entitled Parola ng Capul was installed on October 24, 2018. It was installed by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines.

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Notes and References

  1. 2016-03-12.
  2. Department of Commerce, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, "United States Coast Pilot, Part 1", p. 203. Washington Government Printing Office, 1919.
  3. Web site: Capul Tourism . Facebook . en . 2018-10-24.
  4. Algunos Padres de la Mision de la Compañia de Jesus en Estas Islas (Filipinas), "El Archipiélago Filipino, Collecion de Datos", p. 527. Washington: Imprenta del Gobierno,1900.
  5. http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=12&sec=reader&rp=1&fi=p081020.htm&no=7&date= PIA Daily News Reader