Port Said Lighthouse Quotes

“Wikipedia: Port Said Lighthouse”

“Rowlett, Russ Lighthouses of Egypt: Mediterranean Sea (Port Said Lighthouse, 2021 photo by Sherief Abd Elrahman)”

“Port Said, vol. 22, 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica”

“There is a small light exhibited on each of the pier ends: Port Said Lighthouse itself stands at the inner entrance of the western breakwater. It is a grey-colored octagonal-shaped tower, constructed of concrete, 180 feet high, exhibiting an electric light visible at a distance of 25 miles, and it forms a noble beacon by day or night.”

“On the following morning, the 22nd, I climbed to the top of the lighthouse of Port Said. It is one of the highest in the world—160 feet high—and its electric light is visible at a distance of twenty-one nautical miles. Its strong walls are built of blocks of the same concrete as the mole of the harbour—immense cubes of artificial stone, composed of seven parts of desert sand and one part of French hydraulic lime. The view from the top did not in any respect answer my expectations, for, beyond Port Said itself and its immediate neighbourhood of flat sand, nothing is to be seen but water on every side.”