Located on St. David's Island and overlooking the South Shore, this famous
100 Year-old Lighthouse is a landmark on Bermudas east end. The Lighthouse
at the eastern end of
St. David's island is a sturdy stone structure,
55 feet high to lantern, which shows a fixed white light of the second
order, of about 30 000 candlepower, at a total height of 208 feet above sea
level. The light is warning the ships since November 3, 1879 and it has
been and it had been subject to changes and improvements, so that in place
of the original kerosene burners of the ordinary oil wick type, it has a
hood petroleum vapour burner of modern type installed in June 1922. The
view from the balcony is superb in its rugged beauty, looking towards the
east, and its pleasing panorama of land and water looking westwards.
