The Garden Route - Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse - Mossel Bay, South Africa - National Scenic Byways on Waymarking.com

The Cape St. Blaize lighthouse was erected in 1864 to designs by the Colonial engineer, R. Robinson and up until recently, was one of the only two lighthouses manned 24 hours daily on the South African Coastline.

Until the late 1970s a clockwork system was originally used to turn the lens and it required a lightkeeper to climb up the tower and wind it up every three hours. All the navigational aids and joining plant are fully automated now, but a senior lightkeeper and two lightkeepers are still employed. A constant radio watch is kept and the regular meteorological duties are also undertaken.

St. Blaize Lighthouse in Mossel Bay is open for tours throughout the year from 10:00am to 3:00pm.

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