Sydney Bar Lighthouse

SYDNEY BAR I - Light Details

• Location: On west end of bar, entrance to South Arm
• Standing: This light is no longer standing.
• Operating: This light is no longer operating.
• Began: 1872
• Year Lit: 1872
• Structure Type: Lantern, red, on roof of square dwelling, on cassion
• Tower Height: 020ft feet high.
• Light Height: 030ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1912 - replaced by second tower
• 1922 - emergency light still operated out of this tower

SYDNEY BAR II - Light Details

• Light Type: Cassion Light
• Location: On west end of bar, entrance to South Arm
• Standing: This light is no longer standing.
• Operating: This light is no longer operating.
• Began: 1912
• Year Lit: 1912
• Structure Type: Lantern, red, on roof of square wood dwelling, white
• Light Characteristic: Fixed Red (1922)
• Tower Height: 036ft feet high.
• Light Height: 039ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1912 - replaced original tower of 1872
• 1922 - 4th order dioptric lens, mechanical fog bell
• 1930 - fog bell
• 1948 - replaced by present tower

SYDNEY BAR III - Light Details

• Light Type: Cassion Light
• Location: Western extremity of bar, entrance to Sydney Harbour
• Standing: This light is still standing.
• Operating: This light is operational
• Automated: All operating lights in Nova Scotia are automated.
• Date Automated: Automated by 1993
• Began: 1948
• Year Lit: 1948
• Structure Type: Skeleton tower, on square buiding, white
• Light Characteristic: Fixed Green (1992)
• Tower Height: 005ft feet high.
• Light Height: 029ft feet above water level.

History Items for This Lighthouse

• 1992 - electric lantern, fog horn sounded