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Tangasseri Lighthouse
Tangasseri Lighthouse or Thangassery Lighthouse is situated in Tangasseri, near Kollam in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one of two lighthouses in the Kollam Metropolitan Area and is maintained by the Chennai Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chennai Directorate - Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rs. 1.11-cr. project to beautify road to Tangasseri lighthouse )〕 In operation since 1902,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tangasseri lighthouse to stay open for longer hours )〕 the cylindrical lighthouse tower painted with white and red oblique bands〔(Lighthouses in Kerala )〕 has a height of , making it the tallest lighthouse on the Kerala Coast.
==History==
Prior to construction of the lighthouse, the British East India company had installed a tower with an oil lamp. In 1902 they commissioned Tangasseri Lighthouse, which by 1930 had suffered cracks in the tower that required jacketing masonry to be installed.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dgll.nic.in/WriteReadData/Publication/Publication_Pdf_File/LighthousesofIndia(2).pdf )〕 The light source was modified in 1932, 1940, 1962, 1967, 1990 and 1994.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Indian Lighthouses - An overview )〕
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