Managing Organization:
The Gibb's Hill Lighthouse
Telephone: 441-238-8069
Website: http://www.bermudalighthouse.com
Email:
Contact Address Information:
P. O. Box 2765
City of Hamilton
Bermuda
Notes:
There is now a tea room and gift shop in the keeper's house at this lighthouse. This is among the world's oldest cast iron lighthouses.
Tower Height: 117
Height of Focal Plane: 362
Description of Tower: Conical cast iron tower.
This light is operational
Date Established: 1846
Date Present Tower Built: 1846
Date Automated: 1964
Current Use: Active aid to navigation, tea room and gift shop.
Open To Public? Yes.
Museum?
The Gibb's Hill Lighthouse is open to visitors every day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Keepers: J.J. Cowen (1858-1861), J. St.John Cowen (1909-1939), A. Greenslade (1939-?), Rudolph Howard Cowen (1946-1968)
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