Experts' Choice Award Grand Turk Lighthouse
What the experts agree on
This 1852 iron lighthouse, prefabricated in England and assembled on a clifftop, guided ships safely past treacherous northern reefs for over a century using whale oil before modern navigation took over.
“Standing on a bluff high above the notorious northeast reef, wrecker of many ships and nearly of the salt industry (cargo ships began to balk at the danger, demanding greater safety), this iron lighthouse was cast in England in 1852 and assembled in situ.”
– Lonely Planet
Fodor's "More than 150 years ago, the main structure of the lighthouse was prefabricated in the United Kingdom and then transported to the island; once erected, it helped prevent ships from wrecking on the northern reefs for more than 100 years, originally designed to burn whale oil as its light source." Full review
