domingo, agosto 07, 2005

WHALERS BLUFF LIGHTHOUSE




LOCATION: Latitude 38°20'4" S, Longitude 141°36'6" E
OPERATOR: Victoria Channels Authority
EXHIBITED: 1859 Battery Point. 1889 Whalers Bluff
CONSTRUCTION:Dressed stone
CHARACTER: Group Flashing White and Red every 10 seconds
POWER SOURCE: Mains Power
ELEVATION: 41 metres
RANGE: 15 nautical miles
HEIGHT: 12 metres
CUSTODIAN: Victoria Channels Authority
The Whalers Bluff Lighthouse was originally erected with keeper's quarters on Battery Point in 1859 and was know as the Portland Bay Lighthouse.
It was first lit in that year.
The lantern is catadioptric made in England.
The lighthouse relocated, stone by stone, to it's current position on North Bluff (now Whaler's Bluff) in 1889 to make way for gun emplacements on Battery Point.
Another reason given for the relocation was that it was less vulnerable to attack on Whaler's Bluff.
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Photo Winsome Bonham

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