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The Pasig River Light was the first light station in the Philippines when it was established in 1642. The first lighthouse tower in the country was erected in the station and first lit in 1846.
The Pasig River (Filipino: Ilog Pasig; Spanish: Río Pásig) is a water body in the Philippines that connects Laguna de Bay to Manila Bay.Stretching for 25.2 kilometers (15.7 mi), it bisects the Philippine capital of Manila and its surrounding urban area into northern and southern halves.
The Napindan Lighthouse (Parola ng Napindan) is a named used by historians to refer to a former lighthouse situated at the mouth of Napindan Channel, a vantage point of the Pasig River and Laguna de Bay. The site of the former lighthouse is in present-day Barangay Napindan in Taguig. There is no known extant photograph of the lighthouse. [1]
Apunan Point lighthouse Romblon: Romblon: 1930: 62 ft (19 m) 98 ft (30 m) Active: Good: Bagacay Point Lighthouse Catarman: Catarman: 1874: 21 ft (6.4 m) 46 ft (14 m) In ruins: Partly in ruins but it is the oldest existing lighthouse tower in the Philippines. Bagacay Point Lighthouse Catarman: Catarman: 1905, 1908: 72 ft (22 m) 44 m (144 ft) Active
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The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission was placed in charge of this attempt at implementing a ferry service down the Pasig River in 2007. [11] Before the Pasig became as polluted as it is, ferries were commonplace on the river. The last two attempts to bring in a ferry service were cut short due to too much garbage, shanty towns, and foul odors.
Puente Colgante, the second bridge built over the Pasig River, was the first suspension bridge built in Asia when it was completed in 1852. [1] It was built and owned by Ynchausti y Compañia, the business headed by Jose Joaquín de Ynchausti. [2] He commissioned the wire-cable suspension design from Spanish-Basque engineer Matias Menchacatorre.