Owais Mughal
Like Adil’s earlier post on Fall Foliage in Pakistan, I think this could have been easily confused with a picture of an old lighthouse flanked by the church as being from Europe or North America; but much like the foliage, it is very much in Pakistan. But where?
I took this photograph on my recent trip to Pakistan. Can you identify where this is and what these buildings are? Its a lighthouse, so its a good bet that it is near the sea. The question is exactly where? And what information can you share about the lighthouse?
It was easy, google lighthouse, Pakistan and you’ll see this pic!!
Beautiful colorful picture.
No clue about the location.
Yes this is Manora Light House. Cape Monze light House is the other but these are not the only light houses on our coast. There are many others. These two are old types from Brit times. The building beside the light house is a small church, most probably not in use. I have had the chance of climbing both the light houses long time back through thir winding stairs. Instead of the ‘lamps’ of old times these now have bulbs, There are huge prisms surrounding the bulb which magnify the light many thousand times. The prisms rotate through a mechanism which was wound through a key. I am not sure if that is still there or replaced by an electric motor. Both have watchmen whose duty is to keep them ‘alight’ during the night. The other light houses have flashing bulbs and run on batteries charged by solar panels; real unimpressive contraptions. Tthese two seem to flash to a distant observer as the prisms rotate. Only these have the ‘loom’ of light, others do not have it. Light houses are still relevant during the GPS days and are important navigation marks for safety of shipping and other traffic in narrow and shallow waterways. GPS can stop or give inaccurate position; light house is there to be seen and is marked accurately on charts with unique characteristic of their light (number and duration of flashes) given so that these are not confused with anything else during the night.
Manora island
Manora Lighthouse at Karachi harbour, one of two lighthouses marking the port – the other one at Cape Monze. I don’t suppose lighthouses have much significance for ships in these days of GPS navigation, but they were vital in times past and have great historical value. Manora itself has a lot of history, especially its fort.