Old Colombo Lighthouse

Old Colombo Lighthouse

Location	Fort, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Year first constructed	1860
Year first lit	1865
Deactivated	1952
Construction	brick
Tower shape	Square tower
Markings / pattern	gray metallic
Height	29 m

Old Colombo Lighthouse is a Lighthouse in Colombo ]. It is operational any more, but functions as a clock tower and is designated as a monument. It is located at the junction of Chatham Street and Janadhipathi Mawatha (formally Queens road) in Colombo fort.

The location had been used as big, memorialatic a lighthouse stations since far back as 1829. The tower was first constructed as a clock tower in 1860, the navigational light was moved to the tower by 1865. The original clock (made by the same manufacturer as Big Ben) was replaced in 1913. The lighthouse was deactivated after its light became obscured by nearby buildings and was decommissioned in 1952 with a new lighthouse begin built in Galbokka Point, Colombo.