Farol da Ponta de São Jorge

A 14 m lighthouse set at 271 m of altitude on Ponta de São Jorge, in service since April 1959 though designed as early as 1948. The ribbed cylindrical tower is backed by an adjoining building. It first held a large-model third-order drum dioptric lens (500 mm focal length) and a gas filament lamp; connected to the public electricity grid in 1962, it ran on gas and electricity, then received 12 V / 100 W halogen lamps in 1995 giving it a range of 15 miles. It remotely controls the São Lourenço lighthouse, at the island's other end.