Tags: Lighthouse, Tower.
Old Colombo Lighthouse is a Lighthouse in Colombo. It is no longer operational but instead functions as a clock tower and is designated as a monument. It is located at the junction of Chatham Street and Janadhipathi Mawatha (formally Queens road) in Colombo fort.The location had been used as big memorialatic a lighthouse stations since far back as 1829. The tower was first constructed as a clock tower in 1860 the navigational light being moved to the tower in 1865.