Green Point Lighthouse, KwaZulu-Natal

Lighthouse
30°14′56.8″S 30°46′38.1″E / 30.249111°S 30.777250°E / -30.249111; 30.777250TowerConstructed1905Constructioncast iron towerHeight21 metres (69 ft)Shapetapered cylindrical tower with double balcony and lanternMarkingstower with red and white bands, white lanternPower sourcemains electricity Edit this on WikidataLightFocal height85 metres (279 ft)LensFresnel lens

The Green Point Lighthouse is a provincial heritage site in Clansthal 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

  • flagSouth Africa portal

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 Archived 2011-07-04 at the Wayback Machine, South African Heritage Resource Agency
  2. ^ Williams (1993), p.159.
  • Picture of Green Point Lighthouse, KwaZulu-Natal


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