Troubridge Island Lighthouse

Troubridge Island Lighthouse
Troubridge Island Lighthouse
Troubridge Island Lighthouse
South Australia
Location Troubridge Island
South Australia
Australia
Coordinates 35°07′01.2″S 137°49′39.6″E / 35.117000°S 137.827667°E / -35.117000; 137.827667Coordinates: 35°07′01.2″S 137°49′39.6″E / 35.117000°S 137.827667°E / -35.117000; 137.827667
Year first constructed 1856[1]
Automated 1981
Deactivated 2001[1]
Construction cast iron tower[1]
Tower shape cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern[1]
Markings / pattern red tower with white horizontal band, white lantern and rail[1]
Height 24 metres (79 ft)[1]
Focal height 25 metres (82 ft)
Light source solar power
Intensity white: 1800 cd
red: 360 cd[2]
Range white: 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi)
red: 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)[2]
Characteristic Fl WR 10s. (white with red sector)[2]
Admiralty number K2022[1]
ARLHS number AUS-164[1]
Managing agent State Government

Troubridge Island Lighthouse is a decommissioned lighthouse located on Troubridge Island in Gulf St Vincent, South Australia about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) southeast by east of Edithburgh in South Australia and about 74 kilometres (46 mi) southwest of Adelaide.

History

It was commissioned in 1856 as a means to reduce losses caused by the stranding of ships on the Troubridge Shoals. It was converted to automatic operation in 1981 and decommissioned in 2001. Its role as a navigation aid was taken over progressively from 1980 by a new lighthouse located on Troubridge Hill to the west of the Troubridge Shoals. The former Troubridge Island lighthouse and its adjacent Troubridge Island Lighthouse Keepers' Cottages which are listed on the South Australian Heritage Register are now part of the tourist attractions offered within the Troubridge Island Conservation Park.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

See also


References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Lighthouses of Australia: South Australia". Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "The Troubridge Island Lighthouse". Malcolm S Macdonald trading as Lighthouse Computer Training & Development. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  3. ↑ 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. ↑ Management Plan - Althorpe Islands, Goose Island and Troubridge Island Conservation Parks (PDF). Adelaide: Department of Environment & Heritage (DEH). 2009. pp. 1–3, 7–8, 27, 35 & 36. ISBN 978-1-921466-76-2.
  5. ↑ "Troubridge Island Lighthouse Keepers' Cottages, Troubridge Island Conservation Park". Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Troubridge Lighthouse". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
  7. ↑ "Troubridge Island Lighthouse, Troubridge Island Conservation Park". Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources. Retrieved 24 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Shipping Intelligence.". South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 11 May 1850. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  9. ↑ Robinson, A. C.; Canty, P.; Mooney, T.; Rudduck, P. (1996). "South Australia's offshore islands" (PDF). Australian Heritage Commission. pp. 290 & 292. ISBN 978-0-644-35011-2. Retrieved 13 December 2013.


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