Visit Farol da Ponta da Ilha, Pico Island, Azores, Portugal

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This lighthouse was initially included in the General Plan, approved in 1883, providing for the installation of a 2nd order device, producing a flash of white light. Councilor José de Ávila also agreed with its establishment in his report prepared in 1891. The 1902 commission differed from this proposal and proposed: “the commission proposes the installation at Ponta da Ilha of a 3rd order device, a small model, showing 4 white flashes every 10 seconds”. However, it was only in 1942 that the materialization of the planned lighthouse began. The Ponta da Ilha lighthouse came into operation on July 21, 1946. It has a tower 19 meters high and 29 meters high. Initially it was equipped with a 5th order device (187.5 mm focal length), which had been removed from the Serreta lighthouse; the light source was incandescence caused by petroleum vapor and had a constant level lamp as a reserve. In 1957 a house for the engines was built for the sum of $60,400.00. The lighthouse was electrified in 1958 through the installation of generating sets, with the light source becoming a 3000 W electric incandescent lamp. In 1959 the lighthouse was connected to the town by road. Due to the poor condition it was in, the optics were replaced in 1960 with another of the same model that had been removed from the Amêijoa lighthouse. In 1987, the optical apparatus was replaced again by a more modern equipment with sealed optics, mounted on a rotating pedestal with a power reserve and built-in light source (PRB-46 system). The lighthouse was electrified with power from the public grid in 1993. On March 31, 2006, the PRB-46 system was replaced by the BGA-600 ODA 200. This system was later replaced, on August 20, 2022, by the TRB 400 system. LOCATION: On the eastern tip of the island ESTABLISHMENT: 1946 HEIGHT: 19 Meters ALTITUDE: 29 Metros RANGE: 20 Miles (37KM)

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