Cape Capricorn Light
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Cape Capricorn Light, 2008
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Cape Capricorn Queensland Australia |
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| Coordinates | 23°29′11.1″S 151°14′12.4″E / 23.486417°S 151.236778°ECoordinates: 23°29′11.1″S 151°14′12.4″E / 23.486417°S 151.236778°E |
| Year first constructed | 1875 (first) 1936 (second) |
| Year first lit | 1964 (current) |
| Construction | concrete blocks |
| Tower shape | square prism chamfered corners tower with balcony and no lantern |
| Markings / pattern | white tower |
| Height | 23 feet (7.0 m) |
| Focal height | 305 feet (93 m) |
| Light source | solar power |
| Range | white: 16 nmi (30 km; 18 mi) red: 12 nmi (22 km; 14 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl WR 5s |
| Admiralty number | K2992.1 |
| NGA number | 111-10336 |
| ARLHS number | AUS-026 |
| Managing agent | Australian Maritime Safety Authority |
Cape Capricorn Light is an active heritage-listed lighthouse located on Cape Capricorn, a coastal headland on the northeast point of Curtis Island, in Gladstone Region, Central Queensland, Australia. The lighthouse, constructed in 1964, is the third at this site, following a timber frame lighthouse constructed in 1875 and a concrete lighthouse constructed around 1937. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 31 August 2001.
The separation of the colony of Queensland from New South Wale took place with the signing of Letters Patent by Queen Victoria in 1859. The need for pilot assistance accessing the mouth of Fitzroy River and the Port of Rockhampton necessitates the construction of a pilot station on Curtis Island. The first permanent station was established on Cape Capricorn as early as 1861. Though it was moved to Grassy Hill three years later, the need for a lighthouse at Cape Capricorn remained a priority.
Plans for a lighthouse and cottages were prepared in early 1874 by the office of F. D. G. Stanley, Queensland Colonial Architect, with an estimated cost of £1460 for the lighthouse and cottages. The lighthouse, a typical Queensland timber framed and iron clad structure, was to be prefabricated and built in Brisbane. However, the only response to the first tender was an overpriced offer of £2850. The second tender was more successful, the winning offer being by James Midson for £1046/10/-. The construction was completed some time in October 1874, and an additional contract was granted to Midson for the erection of the structures on the site for the sum of £753. Quite remarkably, a last minute change in the order of the lantern from England meant that no lamp room was ordered. An urgent request for an additional £180 was made by Stanley for construction of a lamp room from timber framing with iron plating, instead of the planned cast iron one. The lighthouse was operational around late July 1875. The original light source was an oil wick burner. An 1895 survey also reports two additional auxiliary lights on Cape Capricorn, to the north and southeast of the main lighthouse.
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