[1][2] Built in 1914, the lighthouse was constructed as a white 16 metre (52 feet) high circular cast iron tower with one support structure and a single storey keeper's house at the base.

[2] As of 2008, its functions remains as an aid for maritime navigation into the western entrance of the Singapore Strait.

[1] Due to its isolated location, the lighthouse is only reachable via boat and an access road.

[3] This is due to an agreement signed in 1900 between Sultan Ibrahim of Johor and Sir James Alexander Sweethenham, Governor of the Straits Settlements, stating that the island belonged to Johor, while the British government of Singapore (at the time part of the Straits Settlements) had the rights to the plot of land on which the lighthouse stands and the roadway leading to it.

He also maintained that the management of the Pulau Pisang Lighthouse should remain with Singapore.