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[pharology101]

LOTD: Ra’s Caseyr

~sorry for delay - meant for January 17th, 2019~

(from: http://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/som.htm)

Ra's Caseyr (Ra's Asir, Cape Guardafui, Faro Francesco Crispi) (2)

Early 1930s (station established 1924). Inactive and abandoned. 19 m (63 ft) round cylindrical masonry tower, originally with lantern and gallery, mounted on a square stone base. Oscar de Vogel's photo is at the top of this page, Alberto Alpozzi has a photo, a 2016 photo is available, and the shadow of the tower and remains of several buildings can be seen in a Bing satellite view of the station. Wikimedia has a historic photo of the intact lighthouse; the lantern is now gone and the abandoned buildings are in ruins. Forand has a historic postcard view of the original lighthouse, a skeletal tower. Ra's Asir is the point of the Horn of Africa, the northeastern tip of the continent. This historic lighthouse is described by the international light lists as "unreliable"; in fact it has been abandoned, and the surrounding area is quite desolate. It had a focal plane of 263 m (863 ft) making it one of Africa's highest lighthouses. The lighthouse was originally named for Francesco Crespi, who served two terms as Prime Minister of Italy between 1887 and 1896. Site status unknown. ARLHS SOM-003; Admiralty D7246; NGA 31072.

(full photo found here)