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Brigand Hill Lighthouse is a Cultural Heritage Site of Trinidad and Tobago located in Plum Mitan Road, Sangre Grande/Manzanilla.
Lighthouse History:
ne morning in June 1868, a wooden-hulled ship named Le Darien was steaming up the east coast of Trinidad, when the crew spotted the nightmare of all sailors of the time.
The vessel was far from the shallow, 25 miles out, but just ahead was a “confused sea” swirling around a broad reef, with two jagged rocks breaking the surface each time the swells subsided.
The captain steered clear, took coordinates of the location, and added “Darien Rock” to the navigational charts as a warning to seafarers sailing the unforgiving Atlantic Ocean.
This menace to mariners off Manzanilla Point was the primary reason why the colonial government decided to construct a lighthouse in this area of Trinidad.
But to be effective, it needed a beam powerful enough to be seen 30 miles away, to intersect the one flashing across the waters from the lighthouse in Tobago.