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Lighthouse

Type - Lighthouse
Barrenjoey lighthouse
Eastern Channel Pile Light
Grotto Point lighthouse
Hornby lighthouse
Macquarie lighthouse
Rosherville lighthouse
Sow and Pigs Reef Lightship
Stewart Towers
Western Channel Pile Light

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Lighthouse

Barrenjoey lighthouse

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Sandstone tower which is the third lighthouse to be built on the site.

Eastern Channel Pile Light

An active pile lighthouse off South Head in Sydney Harbour. A white timber and concrete octagonal structure, with an iron and glass light and copper dome, it was constructed in 1908 to replace an earlier buoy and beacon. It was originally powered by an acetylene gas generating plant.

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Grotto Point lighthouse

Masonry and brick lighthouse that works together with the Parriwi Point lighthouse to guide ships into the harbour.

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Hornby lighthouse

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Sandstone tower lighthouse closest to the southern entrance to Sydney Harbour.

Macquarie lighthouse

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Greenway-designed lighthouse built of local stone on South Head and opened in 1818.

Rosherville lighthouse

Lighthouse on Parriwi Head which serves as the rear range light, Grotto Point light serving as the front light, into Port Jackson.

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Sow and Pigs Reef Lightship

A series of ships anchored adjacent to Sow and Pigs Reef in Sydney Harbour as an aid to navigation. The first was the Rose in 1836. She was replaced by HMS Bramble in 1856 which was in turn replaced by Bramble II in 1877. In 1912 an acetylene gas light was used instead.

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Stewart Towers

Two early wooden lighthouses erected at either end of Barrenjoey Headland, replaced by Barrenjoey lighthouse in 1881.

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Western Channel Pile Light

An active pile lighthouse off Georges Head in Sydney Harbour marking the western end of Sow and Pigs Reef. A white timber and concrete structure with a copper dome, it was designed to match the existing Eastern Channel Pile Light. It was constructed in 1924 to replace an earlier, smaller beacon that had in turn replaced a lightship in 1912.

 

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