Casquets lighthouses per ton of ship when vessels passed the rocks and in turn he paid Trinity House 50 pounds per year for the right to run the lighthouses. The lighthouses reverted to Trinity House in 1785. They were converted to oil lamps with metal reflectors which were first used on 25 November 1790; and upgraded again with apparatus to rotate a beam of light in 1818. This had a clockwork mechanism which was wound up every hour and a half and gave one flash every 15 seconds. The lighthouses were badly damaged and the lanterns smashed in a severe storm on
Cyprus Ports Authority Cyprus Ports Authority The Cyprus Ports Authority (CPA) is a semi-autonomous government agency that is responsible for the supervision and oversight of the ports and port facilities of Cyprus. Established by the Cyprus Ports Authority Law of 1973, it is based in Nicosia. The ports and oil terminals under the effective control of the CPA are: The New Limassol Port is the country's principal passenger and cargo port. The ports of Famagusta and Kyrenia and the terminal at Karavostasi lie in Northern Cyprus. The lighthouses at Paphos, Cape Greco, Cape Gata and Akamas are under the jurisdiction of the Authority.