Plumb Point Lighthouse is an active 19th century heritage lighthouse, located on the

Palisadoes Palisadoes (word apparently of Portuguese origin) is the thin tombolo of sand that serves as a natural protection for Kingston Harbour, Jamaica. Norman Manley International Airport and the historic town of Port Royal are both on Palisadoes. ...

a narrow peninsular that connects Port Royal to the mainland. The light helps guide shipping into

Kingston Harbour Kingston Harbour in Jamaica is the seventh-largest natural harbour in the world. It is an almost landlocked area of water approximately long by wide. Most of it is deep enough to accommodate large ships, even close to shore. It is bordered to th ...

. Built in 1853 it is claimed that the light at the lighthouse has gone out only once since then, during the 1907 earthquake. The stone and cast iron tower with lantern and gallery shows a white light visible for about over the entrance of the eastern navigable channelPlumb Point Lighthouse
Jamaica National Heritage Trust, 2005. and a red light over the south channel which is visible for .
Frans Eijgenraam, 2000. The entire lighthouse is painted white and is in the historic Port Royal Protected Area, which the government hopes to develop as a tourist attraction. It is positioned about east of Port Royal and the entrance to Kingston Harbour near

Norman Manley International Airport Norman Manley International Airport , formerly Palisadoes Airport, is an international airport serving Kingston, Jamaica and is located south of the island away from the centre of New Kingston. It is the second busiest airport in the country ...

. It is maintained by the Port Authority of Jamaica, an agency of the Ministry of Transport and Works.

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