Piram Island Lighthouse

India / Gujarat / Ghogha /
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Elevation : 46 Mtrs.
Structure : 27 Mt. Brick masonary circular tower painted black and white bands.
Range ; 19 n.m.

Piram Island is approachable by a machine boat-about an hour’s sailing by ML Piram of the Lighthouse Dept from Ghoga Port.The Lighthouse is about 1.5 km by walk from the landing point. The Researchers claim to have found .Jurassic age evidences.

Piram Island before independence was part of Bhavnagar State who had built a bastion on South West corner of the island to keep watch on the maritime activities in the region. The British realized the importance of the location and built the 24m high circular masonry Lighthouse tower on the bastion in 1864-65.A wick lamp with catadioptric arrangement in the lantern house was installed which started functioning in November 1865. The Custom Supervisor, Ghoga used to regularly visit the station. The equipment was replaced by a 4th order diopter system in 1895 The LH expert D. Alan Stevenson visited the station in February 1927 and appreciated the maintenance but pointed out certain defects in optic and lantern. Mr John Oswald, Chief Inspector of Lighthouses visited the station on18-2-1931, 10-3-1935 and 14-2-1938 according to the old inspection book available at the station.

The equipment got damaged in a fire in 1928 and was replaced by DA gas flasher in 1930. In the year 1965 the height of the tower was extended up to 27m and the optical equipment, working on Electricity, supplied by M/s. B.B.T., Paris was installed. A baffle wall was also constructed and fog signal vibrators and sound horns, also supplied by BBT were installed. The system was commissioned on 15th September 1968. The fog signal was discontinued in 1988. The DA gas emergency source was converted to Battery operated Halogen lamp on 16th February 1994 and direct drive was introduced on 16th June 1996. A Racon of MACE origin was introduced on 19th January 2000.
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Coordinates:   21°35'56"N   72°21'8"E

Comments

  • Does this bet ever get underwater due to high tide or when the water is released from the Sadar Sarovar Dam?
  • M.L. Piram owned by Directorate of Lighthouses and Lightships was discontinued long back. Now The Lighthouse keepers depend upon private boats engaged from Gogha.
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