Cape Race Lighthouse
The second Cape Race Lighthouse from 1907
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 Newfoundland
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Avalon Peninsula Newfoundland and Labrador Canada |
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| Coordinates | 46°39′31.2″N 53°04′25.6″W / 46.658667°N 53.073778°WCoordinates: 46°39′31.2″N 53°04′25.6″W / 46.658667°N 53.073778°W |
| Year first constructed | 1856 (first) relocated in 1980 to Ottawa at Canada Science and Technology Museum |
| Year first lit | 1907 (current) |
| Construction | concrete tower |
| Tower shape | cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern |
| Markings / pattern | white tower, red lantern |
| Height | 29 metres (95 ft) |
| Focal height | 52 metres (171 ft) |
| Original lens | Hyperradiant Fresnel lens by Chance Brothers |
| Range | 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 7.5s |
| Fog signal | Horn (2) 60s |
| Admiralty number | H0444 |
| CHS number | CCG 1 |
| NGA number | 1904 |
| ARLHS number | CAN-118 |
| Managing agent | Cape Race National Historic Site |
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national historic site of Canada, recognized federal heritage building of Canada 
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| Official name | Cape Race Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada |
| Designated | 1975 |
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Cape Race Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located in Avalon Peninsula, Newfoundland.
In 1856, the first lighthouse was installed by the British Government's Trinity House. It was a cast iron tower with a coal oil lamp turned by clockwork. It was replaced in 1907 by a 29-metre (95 ft) tall concrete tower and a light with a massive hyperradiant Fresnel lens made by Chance Brothers in England. It had a massive optic emitting a one million candle power flash. Great landfall lights, like those at Cape Race provided the first sight of land for Atlantic travelers. The original lighthouse was then moved to Cape North; it now stands in front of the National Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa. The light's characteristic is a single white flash every 7.5 seconds, additionally a foghorn may sound a signal of two blasts every 60 seconds.
It is famous for receiving the Titanic distress call in April 1912, a then somewhat significant achievement for radio technology of the era.
The lighthouse was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1975.
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