Cape Tourville Lighthouse

Cape Tourville Lighthouse
Cape Tourville Lighthouse, Tasmania
Australia Tasmania
Location Freycinet Peninsula
Tasmania
Australia
Coordinates 42°07′21.6″S 148°20′34.8″E / 42.122667°S 148.343000°E / -42.122667; 148.343000Coordinates: 42°07′21.6″S 148°20′34.8″E / 42.122667°S 148.343000°E / -42.122667; 148.343000
Year first constructed 1971
Automated 1971
Construction concrete tower
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern white tower and lantern
Height 11 feet (3.4 m)
Focal height 126 feet (38 m)
Light source mains power
Intensity 160,000 cd
Range 28 nautical miles (52 km; 32 mi)
Characteristic Fl (3) W 10s.
Admiralty number K3608
NGA number 6664
ARLHS number AUS-049[1]
Managing agent Australian Maritime Safety Authority[2]

The Cape Tourville Lighthouse is an unmanned, automatic lighthouse built in 1971 by private contractors (Hurburgh and Olbrich). The road was constructed through virgin eucalypt forest, along with the powerline, with minimal disruption to the National Park. The top of the granite headland was levelled by blasting to provide the base for the light house and parking area.

This lighthouse was built at the same time as the new lighthouse at Point Home, near Triabunna, to provide better guidance for the bulk carriers carrying wood chips from the Triabunna wood chip mill.

It replaced the Cape Forestier Lighthouse which had been situated nearby on another headland jutting off the Freycinet Peninsula known as Lemon Rock.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Tasmania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ Cape Tourville Lighthouse Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
  3. ↑ "The Cape Tourville Lighthouse". Lighthouses of Tasmania. Lighthouses of Australia Inc. Retrieved 22 June 2009.


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