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    Krishnapatnam lighthouse station is about 30 km from Nellore railway station. There is an all-weather road up to the port. The light house is situated close to Krishnapatanam port-on the northern banks of River Kandeleru (also known as Upputeru). The anchorage is about 2 km in to sea and the cargo is loaded in to the ships by lighterage. It was a busy port till 1960s.The Kandeler river has appreciable depth of the water and is connected to Buckingham canal which was the main link for the transportation of cargo to Madras in the by gone period.   

    There is no trace of any old lighthouse within the station premises. A Lighthouse trestle structure did exist on the south bank of Kandeleru river entrance. The lighthouse trestle was constructed during 1940‟s. A wick lamp was exhibited for some period; it was replaced by battery operated lamp in the course of time. It was a fixed light and was mainly meant for ships to anchor in front of the mouths of the river. This light was discontinued following heavy erosion and damage to the structure in 1970s. New Lighthouse tower was constructed during 1976-78 and the equipment supplied by M/s J. Stone India, Calcutta, was installed on this tower. The lighthouse was commissioned into service on 11th May 1978. The Radio Beacon equipment, supplied by M/s MACE, Visakhapatnam, transmitting at 289 kHz was installed and put on the Air on 30th June 1991. The DGPS equipment manufactured by M/s Leica Geo Systems, U.S.A. and supplied by M/s. Elcom Marine, Mumbai was integrated on 30th April 2003 converting Radio Beacon to DGPS station. The old Transmitters were replaced by ‘Leica‟ transmitters on 31st July2003.   

    After the Krishnapatnam port (Asia’s biggest) construction started in 2007, the present lighthouse was shifted to Krishnapatnam village in 2012 with two separate compounds for lighthouse and DGPS along with residential quarters. The lighthouse tower (30mtr) was constructed with split form RCC technology with 300mm 4th order large optic. And DGPS equipment was installed by ELCOME marine integrated services and was recapitalized in 2018. 

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