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NEW ZEALAND LIGHTHOUSES
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Manukau South Head (1874)
The first lantern built for the South Manukau head was destroyed by fire in 1870. The new lantern was the first to be fitted with the "Captain Doty's" patented paraffin burners instead of the usual colza oil burners. At the time colza was 2s 5d a gallon and paraffin was only 1s 7d a gallon. The light was a success and far cheaper to run. By 1877 only Pencarrow and Tiritiri Matangi were still burning colza oil. The building overseer was James Stewart a civil engineer who arrived in New Zealand from Scotland in 1859. He also designed Bean Rock and Ponui Passage lighthouses.
If anyone has any information on this light please contact me. thekiwimark@msn.com Last Updated:
DIRECTIONS: Lighthouse has been demolished and a new modern beacon has been placed on the Signal Station.
* Present tower
Additional Sources: a. b.
Text and photographs. Copyright © 1999-2009 Mark Phillips. All rights reserved.
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