View source for North Head Lighthouse, Saldanha Bay

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{{Infobox lighthouse
|name= Saldanha Bay North Head<br />''Saldanhabaai''
|location=[[Saldanha, Western Cape|Saldanha]], [[West Coast District Municipality]], [[Western Cape]]<br />[[South Africa]]
|coordinates = {{coord|33|03|02.2|S|17|54|39.1|E|display=inline}}
|yearbuilt= 1939 (first)
|yearlit= 2005 (current)
|construction= masonry tower
|shape= cylindrical tower with balcony and small lantern
|marking= tower with black and white spiral bands, white lantern
|height= {{convert|21|m|ft}}<ref name="portnet1991" />
|focalheight= {{convert|32|m|ft}}<ref name="portnet1991" />
|lens= 250 mm catadioptric<ref name="williams1993" />
|intensity= 511,000 [[candela|cd]]<ref name="portnet1991" /><ref name="williams1993" />
|range= {{convert|23|nmi}}<ref name="portnet1991" />
|characteristic= Fl (3) W 20s.<ref name="williams1993" />
}}
The first '''North Head Lighthouse''' on the northern side of the [[Saldanha Bay]] entrance, in [[South Africa]], was a 300mm AGA acetylene gas lantern mounted on a square concrete pillar, installed on December 7, 1939.<ref name="portnet1991">{{Cite book
|title=Lighthouses of South Africa|year=1991|publisher=Portnet|isbn=0-620-16367-4|page=16}}</ref><ref name="williams1993">{{Cite book
|last=Williams|first=Harold A.|title=Southern lights: lighthouses of Southern Africa|year=1993|publisher=William Waterman publications|location=Rivonia|isbn=0-9583751-1-9|page=124}}</ref><ref>{{Cite rowlett|zaf|accessdate=2016-03-22}}</ref><ref>[http://wlol.arlhs.com/photo/pic.php?i=841&f=1 Saldanha Bay (North Head)], Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society</ref> It had a small [[diaphone]] fog signal.<ref name="williams1993" />
A new aluminium tower came into operation on 1969-12-02,<ref name="williams1993" /> about 100 metres from the previous [[lighthouse]].<ref name="portnet1991" /> The fully automatic revolving electric optic is powered by triple mutual diesel/[[alternator]] sets.<ref name="portnet1991" /> The lighthouse is monitored at [[Cape Columbine]].<ref name="portnet1991" />
==See also==
{{Portal|South Africa}}
* [[List of lighthouses in South Africa]]
* Almost identical [[South Head Lighthouse, Saldanha Bay]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://listoflights.org/images/leuchtfeuer/gross/D5830.jpg Picture of Saldanha Bay North Head]
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[[Category:Lighthouses completed in 1939]]
[[Category:Lighthouses completed in 1969]]
[[Category:Lighthouses in South Africa]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in the Western Cape]]
[[Category:West Coast District Municipality]]
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