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Cape Brett Lighthouse

Lighthouse in New Zealand

Lighthouse

35°10′31.1″S 174°19′57.3″E / 35.175306°S 174.332583°E / -35.175306; 174.332583TowerConstructed1910 (first)Constructioncast iron tower (first)
fibreglass tower (current)Automated1978

Heightapprox. 15 metres (49 ft) (first)
4 metres (13 ft) (current)Shapecylindrical tower with lanternMarkingswhite towerOperatorDepartment of Conservation^[1]HeritageHeritage New Zealand Category 1 historic place listing

LightFirst lit1978 (current)Deactivated1978 (first)Focal height146 metres (479 ft)Range17 nmi (31 km; 20 mi)

CharacteristicFl W 15s. (current)

Heritage New Zealand – Category 1

Designated26 June 2009Reference no.7799

Cape Brett Lighthouse is a lighthouse at Cape Brett in the Northland Region of the North Island of New Zealand. The site was surveyed and chosen in 1908 by Captain John Bollons of NZGSS Hinemoa.^[2]

The lighthouse was deactivated and keepers were withdrawn in 1978 and replaced by an automated beacon on the same site.

Cape Brett Lighthouse and its associated structures are on the Heritage New Zealand list as a Category 1 Historic Place List No: 7799. It was registered on 26 June 2009.^[3]

References

^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of New Zealand: North Island". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
^ "Cape Brett Lighthouse". Archived from the original on 14 October 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
^ "Cape Brett Lighthouse Station". Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2018.