Digest>June 1998

Photo By:

 

Don Devine

Photo Caption:

Slangkop Lighthouse is the tallest cast iron lighthouse in South Africa, being 100 feet from its base to the balcony. Although automated today, the station, built in 1919, and once manned by three keepers, still has one keeper assigned to regular duty to maintain the station.
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Story:

Discovering South Africa
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