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Carcavelos, nr Cascais, Portugal
Lighthouse category: beacon Position: 38° 40.9´N : 9° 20.8´W Status: active Date: not known Designer: not known Tower height: 39 feet Construction: tapering metal post supporting lamp (no gallery) Colour scheme: yellow Focal plane height: 59 feet Characteristics: isophase white and red, period 3 seconds Foghorn: none Google map view: google map link |
This is a typical "bus window" shot, hence the smudgy bits that were caused by rain on the window. I'm not clear about the purpose of this particular light - it is a beacon, or a sector light located on the northern shore of the Tagus, a few miles og the east of Cascais. The details give above are from National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Publication 113 but little detail is to be found in any of the other common sources. Alex Trabas has a photo on his site and, interestingly, has applied the name "Marconi" to this beacon although there is no evidence that it fulfills any electronic role.