heritage asset · lens
Santiago (Morro Santiago de Cuba)
Chance Brothers 4th-order fixed lens (ordered 1899) at Morro de Santiago de Cuba; tower completed 1914, lens installed 1923 after WWI delay. Replaced an 1842 prefabricated cast-iron tower.
At a glance
- Manufacture date
- 1899
- Lens order
- 4th order
- Lens type
- Fixed
Source Evidence
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Attribution
"Santiago (Morro Santiago de Cuba)" · LUX-ASSET-000023 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000023/
Citation
LUX Light Archive, Heritage asset: "Santiago (Morro Santiago de Cuba)", LUX-ASSET-000023, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000023/, accessed 2026-08-10, archive v0.24.362.