Chuí Lighthouse

Chuí Lighthouse

Chui Lighthouse in 2007
Location	Barra do Chuí Rio Grande do Sul Brazil
Coordinates	33°44′31″S 53°22′23″W
Tower
Constructed	1910 (first) 1934 (second)[1]
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	concrete tower (current and second) skeletal metal tower (first)[1]
Height	30 metres (98 ft) (current) 26 metres (85 ft) (first)[2]
Shape	cylindrical tower with four buttresses, double balcony and lantern (current)[1]
Markings	white and red horizontal band tower, white lantern (current)
Power source	mains electricity
Light
First lit	1941 (current)[1]
Deactivated	1934 (first) 1941 (second)
Focal height	42 metres (138 ft) (current)[2]
Range	46 nautical miles (85 km; 53 mi) (current)[2]
Characteristic	Fl (2) W 35s.[2]
Brazil no.	BR-4660[1]

Chuí Lighthouse (Portuguese: Farol do Chuí) is an active lighthouse in Barra do Chuí, at the mouth of Chuí Stream, just 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the Uruguayan border; the lighthouse is the southernmost of all the Brazilian lights.

History

Chuí Lighthouse is the last of four lights scattered along 230 kilometres (140 mi) of dangerous coast from Rio Grande to Barra do Chuí. The first lighthouse, lit on 24 May 1910, was a red metal skeletal tower, built under the supervision of Alfred Kurt Schultze. The lantern was equipped with the 4 th order of Fresnel lens built by Barbier, Benard, et Turenne emitting a white and red light with a range of 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi). In 1934 the skeletal tower was in poor conditions due to the corrosion, it was decided to build a new concrete tower, but some years later it was abandoned because of the instability of the foundation. The current light, built in 1941, is a tapered cylindrical concrete tower, 30 metres (98 ft) high, with double balcony and lantern; the tower is painted with red and white horizontal bands. The lantern emits two white flashes every 25 seconds visible up to 46 nautical miles (85 km; 53 mi). The lighthouse is managed by Brazilian Navy and is identified by the country code number BR-4660.[3]

See also

• List of lighthouses in Brazil

References

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Southern Brazil". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
2. List of Lights, Pub. 110: Greenland, The East Coasts of North and South America (Excluding Continental U.S.A. Except the East Coast of Florida) and the West Indies (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
3. "Chuí". Farois Brasileiros. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 5 July 2017.

External links

• Centro de Sinalização Náutica Almirante Moraes Rego