Batavia's Light House

This is the old Batavia's light house in the northern mostpoint of old town of the present Jakarta.It is built certainly before 1862. This almost 150 years old light house still stands today with no longer in use. The buildings surrounding him are gone now. If we were the visitors in the 19th century, this light house would be the first object seen by us arriving at Batavia by sea. The photographer is Woodbury & Page around 1870's.

Source: Scott Merrillees -Batavia in The Nineteenth Century Photograph (2004)