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Album name: | Socaire / South and east coasts of Spain |
Rating (1 votes): | (Show details) |
Current status (active, not active, museum etc): | Active |
Construction details (year of built, shape etc): | Year of built : 1974 |
Height of the tower, m: | 11 | Focal plane elevation above sea level, m: | 65 |
Light Description (light sectors, colour of the light, number of flashes etc): | Composite group occulting (2+1), period 13.5s, (L 4,5; oc 1,0; L 4,5; oc 1,0; L 1,5; oc 1,0) White |
Range, nm: | 15 nm |
Any other comments: | Reserve light range 8M. |
Coordinates (in any format): | 37.56038 N 0.25463 W |
Displayed: | 156 times |
Date added: | Apr 13, 2018 |
DateTime Original: | 2014:02:02 11:25:51 |
Keywords: | Mediterranean Sea / Spain / Murcia / Mazarron |
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white by means of a catadioptric apparatus of 5th order and an olive oil lamp, which in 1883 was replaced by a adapted for paraffin or petroleum.
In 1917, a set of rotating screens was added to the optics to give a characteristic of concealments.
A new luminous equipment of acetylene is incorporated in 1922.
In 1973, the construction of a new tower and residential building began, as the old one was very deteriorated, in the same
site, entering service from 1974. In 1996, the luminous equipment was replaced by a new equipment of greater reliability than the previous one, formed by a flasher
with two V-changer changer
In 1998, this signal is incorporated into the Remote Maritime Signals Supervision System, which provides a control
permanent status of the different equipment that has the signal to aid navigation.