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{{Infobox lighthouse<br />
| name = Kozhikkode Lighthouse<br />''Calicut''<br />
| image_name = കോഴിക്കോട് വിളക്കുമാടം പടിഞ്ഞാറുനിന്നുള്ള ദൃശ്യം.jpg<br />
| caption = The lighthouse in 2012<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|11.258460|N|75.769189|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}<br />
| yearbuilt = 1847 (first)<br />
| yearlit = 1907 (current)<br />
| construction = masonry tower<br />
| shape = cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern<br />
| marking = white tower and lantern<br />
| height = {{convert|15|m|ft}} (current)<br />{{convert|33|m|ft}} (first)<br />
| focalheight = {{convert|17|m|ft}}<br />
| characteristic = Fl (2) W 6 s<br />
}}<br />
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'''Kozhikkode Lighthouse''' is a defunct light in the [[Kozhikkode District]] of [[Kerala]]. It was constructed in 1907.<ref>{{cite rowlett|indsw|access-date=6 February 2016}}</ref> The first lighthouse was constructed in 1847 at a height of {{convert|33|m|sp=us}}. The current tower is {{convert|15|m|sp=us}} and is painted white.<ref name="rowlett">{{Cite rowlett|indsw|access-date=19 September 2014}}</ref> Kozhikode or Calicut lighthouse is automated, and an LED flasher apparatus is in use.<br />
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== History ==<br />
In 1847, a {{convert|33|m|sp=us|adj=on}} tower was erected using stones in lime mortar. The light was a fixed one with wick lamp using coconut oil, and a metal reflector was placed on the back of it. The light was improved in 1881 using a fourth-order fixed optic transferred from Armagon lighthouse. Mr. Ashpitel, an engineer with the Public works department, who was deputed to study on lighthouses in Madras Presidency in 1885, recommended the height of the tower be reduced to improve the efficiency of light. A new tower {{convert|15|m|sp=us}} high was erected in 1903 and using the available optic and an occulting mechanism imported from England; the light was converted from fixed to occulting. Further modifications were done in 1924 by converting the light to a flashing one using acetylene gas flasher. The light was converted to LED flashing light using solar energy in 2008.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[List of lighthouses in India]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* {{Lighthouse Digest|6323}}<br />
* [http://www.dgll.nic.in/LightHouses/74_1_LightHouses.aspx Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships]<br />
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[[Category:Lighthouses in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Kozhikode]]<br />
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