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Table Cape Lighthouse, Wynyard, Tasmania
After the wrecks of the Emma Prescott in 1867 and the schooner Orson in 1884, a lighthouse was commissioned to be constructed on Table Cape to aide navigation into the port of Wynyard on the Inglis River. Table Cape Lighthouse was designed by Huckson and Hutchinson of Hobart, the light apparatus was sourced from the Chance Brothers of England and was constructed by a local builder, John Luck. The project suffered from delays due to poor quality roads leading up to the construction site on Table Cape, and bricks of insufficient quality sourced from the specially constructed kiln in the nearby town of Burnie, instead, bricks had to be imported from Victoria. [wiki] |
The lighthouse was first lit up on 1 August 1888, it stands about 25 meters high and has a diameter of 8.5 meters at the base. Seventeen days after the official opening, the head lighthouse keeper's 14-month-old son died from illness. The undertaker, who had travelled up to the lighthouse with a coffin for the child, encouraged the family to perform the burial nearby due to the appalling weather conditions at the time. The small gravesite remains to be found nearby today.
Originally powered by oil, Table Cape Lighthouse was converted to automatic acetylene operation in 1920. In 1923, the lightkeepers were withdrawn from manning the tower, and after several years of deterioration, the nearby keepers' cottages were demolished in 1926. In 1979, mains electricity was connected and an electric beacon with standby batteries was installed, the maximum nominal range of the 100W halogen lamp is approximately 16 nautical miles (30 km). [wiki]
Originally powered by oil, Table Cape Lighthouse was converted to automatic acetylene operation in 1920. In 1923, the lightkeepers were withdrawn from manning the tower, and after several years of deterioration, the nearby keepers' cottages were demolished in 1926. In 1979, mains electricity was connected and an electric beacon with standby batteries was installed, the maximum nominal range of the 100W halogen lamp is approximately 16 nautical miles (30 km). [wiki]
LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
Source: MB2-20, AE476
AMUNDSEN, Karl Martin (26 February 1914 - 17 May 1915)
BENNETT, Charles (25 March 1904 - 19 July 1906)
BRIEN, James (August 1888 - October 1889)
BUCKPITT, Edward Wheaton (10 May 1910 - 23 May 1911)
CAPSTICK, George (July 1889, May 1890)
DAVIS, A. (8 June 1899 - 26 January 1900)
FURNESS, William Henry Strickland (14 March 1912 - 15 June 1912)
GARNER, E. (21 June 1912 - 25 February 1914)
GOLDRING, Thomas (February 1892)
GRANT, D. (12 February 1910 - 2 December 1911)
HAGUE, John Thomas (17 September 1912 - 19 May 1915)
HEMSLEY, Charles (2 June 1890 - 1 December 1892, 11 July 1906 - 18 April 1910)
HOLMES, John Frederick (11 July 1902 - 15 July 1907)
HORNE, Charles Henry (August 1890)
ISAAC, H. (18 May 1915 - ?)
JACKSON, Robert (May 1888 - 29 October 1896, 24 May 1911 - 3 November 1911)
JACOBS, Henry Gaskin (25 July 1906 - 22 January 1910)
JOHNSTON, R.J. (15 March 1910 - 16 August 1912)
JOHNSTON, Roderick (14 December 1911 - 25 January 1912)
KING, A.F. (14 February 1900 - 9 July 1902)
LAMBERT, John Stanley (28 November 1911 - ?)
MCGUIRE, T. (26 July 1907 - 27 January 1910, 2 June 1915 - ?)
MCQUEEN, Duncan (November 1889 - April 1890)
NILLSON, Edward (29 October 1896 - 11 July 1906)
SORENSON, A. (19 June 1901 - 10 July 1904)
STURDY, William (20 November 1892 - 8 April 1895)
WHITE, George Horatio (17 September 1901 - 9 March 1904)
Source: MB2-20, AE476
AMUNDSEN, Karl Martin (26 February 1914 - 17 May 1915)
BENNETT, Charles (25 March 1904 - 19 July 1906)
BRIEN, James (August 1888 - October 1889)
BUCKPITT, Edward Wheaton (10 May 1910 - 23 May 1911)
CAPSTICK, George (July 1889, May 1890)
DAVIS, A. (8 June 1899 - 26 January 1900)
FURNESS, William Henry Strickland (14 March 1912 - 15 June 1912)
GARNER, E. (21 June 1912 - 25 February 1914)
GOLDRING, Thomas (February 1892)
GRANT, D. (12 February 1910 - 2 December 1911)
HAGUE, John Thomas (17 September 1912 - 19 May 1915)
HEMSLEY, Charles (2 June 1890 - 1 December 1892, 11 July 1906 - 18 April 1910)
HOLMES, John Frederick (11 July 1902 - 15 July 1907)
HORNE, Charles Henry (August 1890)
ISAAC, H. (18 May 1915 - ?)
JACKSON, Robert (May 1888 - 29 October 1896, 24 May 1911 - 3 November 1911)
JACOBS, Henry Gaskin (25 July 1906 - 22 January 1910)
JOHNSTON, R.J. (15 March 1910 - 16 August 1912)
JOHNSTON, Roderick (14 December 1911 - 25 January 1912)
KING, A.F. (14 February 1900 - 9 July 1902)
LAMBERT, John Stanley (28 November 1911 - ?)
MCGUIRE, T. (26 July 1907 - 27 January 1910, 2 June 1915 - ?)
MCQUEEN, Duncan (November 1889 - April 1890)
NILLSON, Edward (29 October 1896 - 11 July 1906)
SORENSON, A. (19 June 1901 - 10 July 1904)
STURDY, William (20 November 1892 - 8 April 1895)
WHITE, George Horatio (17 September 1901 - 9 March 1904)