[3][4] Built by Chance Brothers,[5] initially it displayed a white flash every five seconds and had a visible range of 14 nmi (26 km; 16 mi).

[6] It was also provided with a fog bell, sounding once every ten seconds in foggy weather.

[9] The lighthouse's current use continues to aid navigation of boats in the area, warning mariners of the breakwaters by giving a white flash every 10 seconds.

We had to climb them every two hours during the night to wind up the lens and pump oil up to the lamp.

The breakwater was shared with about a million rats and each time you went out at night there would be a carpet of them fleeing from the torchlight.