Troubridge Hill Lighthouse
LocationTroubridge Hill
Yorke Peninsula
South Australia
Australia
Coordinates35°09′57.9″S 137°38′26.3″E / 35.166083°S 137.640639°E / -35.166083; 137.640639
Tower
Constructed1980 Edit this on Wikidata
Constructionbrick tower
Height32 metres (105 ft)[1]
Shapeconical tower with balcony and lantern
Markingsunpainted red brick tower and white lantern [2]
Power sourcemains electricity Edit this on Wikidata
OperatorAustralian Maritime Safety Authority
Light
First litSeptember 1980[3]
Focal height62 metres (203 ft)[1]
CharacteristicFl (2) W 15 s.

Troubridge Hill Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Troubridge Hill on the south coast of Yorke Peninsula in South Australia about 13.5 kilometres (8.4 miles) south west of Edithburgh and about 3.7 kilometres (2.3 miles) west of Troubridge Point.

History

It was built as part of a project to downgrade the lighthouse on Troubridge Island to a relatively low-powered automatic operation (later decommissioned) and built a full-powered light on the nearby Yorke Peninsula coastline. The tower was constructed from unpainted brickwork built of custom-made bricks. The brickwork construction system was selected as it reportedly offered wind and earthquake loading design benefits. As it is intended for automatic operation, the tower has no windows. The innovative use of brickwork in the tower won its procurers an award from the South Australian Clay Brick Association.[3][2][1][4][5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Troubridge Hill Lighthouse". Lighthouses of Australia Inc. Archived from the original on 25 November 2002. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: South Australia". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  3. 1 2 Coroneos, Cosmos; McKinnon, Robert (1997). Shipwrecks of the Investigator Strait and the Lower Yorke Peninsula. Adelaide, South Australia: Department of Environment and Natural Resources. p. 18. ISBN 0-9588496-3-3.
  4. ↑ Department of Marine and Harbors (1991). South Australia, Gulf of St Vincent, Edithburgh, Small Boat Chart, Scale 1:50,000).
  5. ↑ "Troubridge Point (sic) light tower wins award". The Advertiser. 20 August 1980. p. 3. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)


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