6°57'11.9''N 79°50'44''E

කොලඹ වරාය ප්‍රදීපාගාර

Colombo Pilot Station Lighthouse

Lighthouses and Harbours

Location Information

Western Province

Colombo

District

Divisional Secretariats

Colombo

Fort

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Most of the lighthouses in Sri Lanka were built during the British rule of the country (then known as Ceylon). These were operated and maintained by the Imperial Lighthouse Service. However, some lighthouses had keepers sent from Trinity House. After Sri Lanka gained independence, the operation of the lighthouses was taken over by the Navy on a piecemeal basis, with the completion of transfer by 1976. 

There are twenty-five lighthouses in Sri Lanka, with sixteen of those being still active. Most of these lighthouses now fall under the control of the Sri Lanka Ports Authority, whilst the remainder is under the power of the Sri Lanka Navy.

The Colombo Harbour, the Colombo pilot station all painted in white, was built in 1885. this cylindrical tower topped by a dome centred on a circular two-story pilot station has a  focal plane of 17 m. The lighthouse has a green flash every 3 s.

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References & External Links

• Sri Lanka The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 14 November 2016

• Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

• List of lighthouses in Sri Lanka  Wikipedia Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (CC-BY-SA).

• Lighthouses in Sri Lanka Paperback – 15 September 2010 by Books LLC

• Wikipedia - Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA)