Devgad Lighthouse

Devgarh Lighthouse is inside the fort about 3 km west of Devgarh town on the National Highway-17. The nearest Railway Station is Kankavli on Konkan Railway, 60 km east of Devgarh. The Lighthouse tower is situated close to the bastion of the Fort on the southern side of entrance to Devgarh harbour, which is a natural harbour. However due to the less depth of water smaller vessels can only enter. Till the beginning of 20th century there was no organized system of exhibiting the light. A wick lamp used to be occasionally hoisted from a mast on the bastion since 1885, as and when any vessel was expected to call. The old records suggest that an occulting light inside a 6th order optic was commissioned on a White Masonry Tower 8.5m high in 1915. The system underwent improvements and a PV light became operative in 1930. A Storm Warning Signal Mast was also erected the same year. The construction of a new Lighthouse Tower was taken up and completed during 1956-58.The PV lighting equipment supplied by BBT, Paris was commissioned into service on 18th April 1960, which was replaced by Electric source (incandescent lamp) in September 1994. The incandescent lamp has been replaced by a 230V 400W Metal halide lamp on 30th August 1999. The station also act as Physical Shore station under the National Automatic identification system (NAIS) network. The station also established Static Sensor system as part of Coastal Surveillance Network.

Master Ledger of Devgad Lighthouse(903.48 KB)