Port Adelaide Lighthouse, South Australia - Coastal Lighthouses on Waymarking.com

Designed in Britan, the iron structure was transported to the colony in parts and when built included accommodation in the lower rooms which proved unbearable in the Australian heat.
The light was first lit on New Year’s Day 1869.

In 1901 the lighthouse was moved to South Neptune Island in Spencer Gulf.

The lighthouse used a grandfather clock principle to rotate the mechanism, requiring rewinding every 90 minutes.
The vaporized kerosene lantern, in use until 1976 was converted to electricity.

In 1985 the lighthouse was decommissioned and acquired by the South Australian Maritime Museum.
It was restored and reassembled on its present site on Black Diamond Square and opened to the public in 1986 to celebrate South Australia’s Jubilee 150 year.
Information was taken from the South Australia Maritime Museum Website (visit link)

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