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Castlepoint (1913)

 

 

 

 

Hinge, Leslie, collection of photographic prints and negatives.

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mätauraga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

  

Situated on the Wairarapa coast, a township had already been established when the lighthouse was built in 1913. This made this station one of the more popular assignments as the keepers children could attend a local school and there were shops and a hotel in the township.

The cast iron tower was also the last to be shipped from England and assembled on site.

The lighthouse was automated in 1988.

Thames Iron Works (Judd Engineering)

 

DIRECTIONS:

From Masterton, take the Castlepoint Road 65km to the lighthouse.

 

Island North
Province Wairarapa
Location Wairarapa
Number K3994
Date Commissioned 12 January, 1913
Date Decommissioned
Automated 1988
Latitude 40° 54' South
Longitude 176° 14' East
Elevation Above Sea Level 52m
Height 23m
Character White light flashes 3 times every 30 seconds
Range 26 N miles (48 km)
Made Thames Iron Works (Judd Engineering)
Construction Bolted cast iron sections
Converted Kerosene To Diesel 1954
Converted Diesel To Mains Electricity 1961
Wattage
Present Tower Original
Authority Owned and operated by Maritime Safety Authority
Date Visited 23 January, 2000
 

 

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