Tang Lung Chau () is a islet located off the southern coast of
Ma Wan island to the northwest of
Hong Kong Island,
Hong Kong
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Lighthouse
Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse and the former light keeper's house, located on Tang Lung Chau, was
declared a monument on 29 December 2000.
Antiquities and Monuments Office - Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse
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The lighthouse, also commonly known as Kap Sing Lighthouse, was put into service on 29 April 1912; it is one of the five surviving pre-war lighthouses in Hong Kong. It is a skeletal steel tower of high with a white lantern on top. The steel tower and light apparatus were obtained from England
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. The lighthouse, unmanned and automated, is now under the management of the Marine Department.
There is a bedroom, a kitchen, a latrine and a store room in the adjoining brick light keeper's house. There was no spring or fresh water supply on the island so the light keeper of Tang Lung Chau Lighthouse used rainwater which was collected from the roof and then diverted into an underground tank.[The Geographical Information System on Hong Kong Heritage](_blank)
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See also
* List of lighthouses in Hong Kong
This is a list of lighthouses in the People's Republic of China which includes mainland China and the two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau.
Lighthouses in Mainland China
Lighthouses in Hong Kong
Following the establishment ...
* Green Island Lighthouse Compound
* Cape D'Aguilar Lighthouse
* Waglan Lighthouse
Gallery
File:Kap Shui Mun 2015.jpg, View of Ma Wan, with Tang Lung Chau in the upper part of the picture
References
External links
Aerial view on Google Maps
Map of Tang Lung Chau
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Uninhabited islands of Hong Kong
Tsuen Wan District
Declared monuments of Hong Kong
Lighthouses in Hong Kong