- Green Cape Lighthouse
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name = Green Cape
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location = Disaster Bay, NSW
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yearbuilt =
yearlit = 1883
automated =
yeardeactivated = 1992
foundation =
construction = Concrete
shape = Square pyramidal base with octagonal tower
marking = White
height = 29 m
elevation =
lens = First order Fresnel
currentlens =
intensity =
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fogsignal =
admiralty =K2570
NGA =6588
ARLHS =AUS-085The Green Cape Lighthouse is a
lighthouse located at the tip ofGreen Cape which forms the northern boundary ofDisaster Bay in southernNew South Wales . It is the southernmost lighthouse in New South Wales and also Australia's first lighthouse built inconcrete . It was partly constructed byAlbert Aspinall in 1881 using a seven-kilometre wooden tramway he built fromBittangabee Bay to transport the materials. His untimely death left others to complete the construction. Eventually in1883 the facility was activated, using a first orderFresnel lens .In
1992 the old lighthouse was decommisioned. A modern steel pylon right next to the historic tower emits a double flash every 15 seconds from afocal plane height of 39 m above sea level.References
*cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/nsw.htm|author=Rowlett, Russ|title=The Lighthouse Directory
*cite web|url=http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/NSW/Green%20Cape/Green%20Cape.htm|title=The Green Cape Lighthouse|author=Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
*cite web|url=http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/Bulletin/0408/Bulletin%20Aug%2004.htm|title=Bulletin No 4/2004 - July/August 2004|author=Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
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