Green Point Lighthouse, KwaZulu-Natal

Green Point Lighthouse (KwaZulu-Natal)
Clansthal
Location Umzinto
KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa
Coordinates 30°14′56.8″S 30°46′38.1″E / 30.249111°S 30.777250°E / -30.249111; 30.777250Coordinates: 30°14′56.8″S 30°46′38.1″E / 30.249111°S 30.777250°E / -30.249111; 30.777250
Year first constructed 1905
Construction cast iron tower
Tower shape tapered cylindrical tower with double balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern tower with red and white bands, white lantern
Height 21 metres (69 ft)
Focal height 85 metres (279 ft)
Current lens Fresnel lens
Light source mains power
Admiralty number D6454
NGA number 32032
ARLHS number SAF-014

The Green Point Lighthouse is a provincial heritage site in Umzinto in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.

In 1995 it was described in the Government Gazette as an "unusual cast-iron structure, erected in 1905, [...] the oldest lighthouse on the KwaZulu-Natal coast."[1]

Senior lightkeepers

from until years name
1905 ~1918 ~13 C G Johnson
1918-10 E D Bayes
1921-03-31 J R Clingen
1926-03-31 1929-03-31 3 D Hurley
1930-03-31 1939-07-05 9 C H Cornish
1941-03-31 1948-09-20 7 T McInerney
1948-09-15 1952-10-26 4 E L Andreason
1953 1956 ~3 J C Addison
1956-01-06 1956-12-05 0 H H Hews
1957-01-12 1960-01-18 3 W A Hews
1960-01-18 1963-02 3 F C Miller
1961-11-28 converted to automatic operation

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See also


References

  • Williams, Harold A. (1993). Southern lights: lighthouses of Southern Africa. Rivonia: William Waterman publications. ISBN 0-9583751-1-9.
  1. ↑ Green Point Lighthouse Farm, South African Heritage Resource Agency
  2. ↑ Williams (1993), p.159.


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