Preguiças Lighthouse Explained

Preguiças Lighthouse
Mandacaru
Location:Maranhão
Brazil
Coordinates:-2.5917°N -42.7067°W
Yearbuilt:1909 (first)
Yearlit:1940 (current)
Construction:reinforced concrete tower
Shape:tapered cylindrical tower with four ribs, double balcony and lantern
Marking:white tower with four horizontal black bands
Height:35m (115feet)
Focalheight:46m (151feet)
Lens:3rd order Fresnel lens
Characteristic:Fl W 3s.
Country:Brazil
Countrynumber:BR-0808

Preguiças Lighthouse also called Mandacaru Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Maranhão, Brazil.[1]

White truncated conical concrete tower, four black bands, four ribs, double gallery.

It is situated in the village Mandacaru on the banks of the Preguiças River, within the Lençois National Park. The nearest town is Barreirinhas, head of district. Built in 1940, it is still inhabited and visitable every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Faróis . CPMA- Capitania dos Portos do Maranhão . 25 October 2009 . pt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090213130154/http://mar.mil.br/cpma/includes/farois.htm . 13 February 2009.
  2. 20 January 2009 . 25 October 2009.