Cape Spencer lighthouse |
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| Title : | Cape Spencer lighthouse |
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| Creator : | Jim Garbutt | ||
| Source : | PRG 1362 Garbutt Collection | ||
| Date of creation : | ca.1984 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Donated by : | Jim Garbutt |
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| Description : |
A small navigation light was placed on Cape Spencer in 1950. Together with the lighthouse on Althorpe Island, eight kilometres across the water, this was considered adequate to guide ships through the eastern approaches of Spencer Gulf. In 1975 the present concrete tower was built. Standing 9 metres high the light has a range of 30 kilometres, because of the height of the cliff (78 metres) it stands on. The light is 25,000 candelas, and it is powered by mains electricity, with a standby generator. While there may have been an intent for Cape Spencer light to replace that on Althorpe Island, this did not happen. The expansive views from the cliff top reveal both the Althorpe Island lighthouse to the south and West Cape lighthouse to the north. |
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| Period : | 1980-2000 |
| Place : | Cape Spencer |
| Region : | Yorke Peninsula |
| Further reading : | Ibbotson, John, Lighthouses of Australia: images from the end of an era Surrey Hills, Vic.: Australian Lighthouse Traders, 2001 Phillips, Valmai Romance of Australian lighthouses Adelaide: Rigby, 1977 |
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| Exhibitions and events : | State Library of South Australia: Mortlock Wing exhibitions. Wooden Walls and Iron Sides August 2004- |
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