White lighthouse
On a limestone hill.
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Grand Turk Lighthouse is a white lighthouse about 18 m tall at the northern tip of Grand Turk, on a small limestone hill overlooking North Creek, about 5 km in a straight line north of Cockburn Town. It is now a historic site under the protection of the National Trust. The British architect Alexander Gordon completed it in 1852 to warn sailors of the shallow reef stretching north of the island; it was made in Britain and shipped to the island in pieces. Its construction rescued the island's salt trade, which had suffered as ships avoided the island because navigation was so difficult. Brighter lamps and a Fresnel lens were added in 1943, and it ran on kerosene until it was electrified in 1972. Around it stand the keeper's house and the kerosene store, paths lead down to the beach below the bluff, and mangroves grow nearby. Visiting the site is free. It is quiet most of the time, the area gets busy when cruise ships are in port, and sunsets from the hill are lovely.
On a limestone hill.
Historic.
Below the bluff.
Lighthouse Road, Grand Turk
It was completed in 1852.
Yes.