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Album name: | Clydee / AU - New South Wales |
Rating (5 votes): | (Show details) |
Current status (active, not active, museum etc): | Active |
Construction details (year of built, shape etc): | Year first lit 1858 ... Automated 1933 ... Construction Sandstone Tower shape Round, lantern, gallery Markings / pattern ...Striped vertically red and white, white gallery and lantern |
Height of the tower, m: | Height 9.1 metres (30 ft) ... Focal height 27 metres (90 ft) |
Light Description (light sectors, colour of the light, number of flashes etc): | Original lens first order catoptric lens ... Characteristic L.Fl.W. 5s |
Range, nm: | Range 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) ... |
Any other comments: | The need for a lighthouse at the entrance of Jackson Bay was made evident by the loss of two ships. First was the Dunbar, wrecked in August 1857, with the loss of 121 lives. The second was Catherine Adamson, two months later in October 1857, with a loss o |
Coordinates (in any format): | 33 50???0.86???S 151 16???51.61???E |
Displayed: | 437 times |
Date added: | May 31, 2012 |
DateTime Original: | 2012:05:31 14:01:14 |
Keywords: | Hornby / South Head / Sydney / Australia / Sydney Harbour |
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