Lighthouse on Soheuksando Island, Sinan

This lighthouse guided ships travelling along the south-western coast. It was first built in 1907 as an unmanned light, then expanded in 1935 into a manned lighthouse. It has a projecting entrance porch, and the lantern housing protecting the light apparatus was made cylindrical so as to cast light in every direction. Inside, the pump and oil tank of the machine room survive, along with a foghorn that used a pulley mechanism to sound at regular intervals — all preserved in their original form.

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Where it is

Region

Sinan, Jeonnam & Gwangju

Designation

Registered Cultural Heritage · 국가등록문화유산