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English: The island and lighthouse of Perim in 1883. A wreck is visible. Cropped section of a photograph taken by the passenger of a passing steamer, 10 January 1883.

From a lighthouse, 38 feet in height, erected on the summit of Perim Island, is exhibited, at an elevation of 249 feet above the sea, a white light, which revolves once every minute, and visible in clear weather from a distance of 22 miles; within a distance of 15 miles the light has sometimes appeared to be continuous. (The Gulf of Aden Pilot, Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty, Third Edition, London, 1888)
Français : Le phare de l'île de Perim en 1883. Le navire abandonné est une épave. Photo prise par le passager d'un vapeur le 10 janvier 1883.
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Source University of Queensland, Australia: https://www.library.uq.edu.au/fryer/hume/web/868.html
Author Unspecified (possibly a member of the Hume family), photograph taken on 10 January 1883

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