Point Danger Light

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Point Danger Light, which is also known as Captain Cook Memorial Light, is a standing working lighthouse located approximately 120 km from Brisbane to Point Danger, a tongue of land between Coolangatta, Queensland and Tweed Heads, New South Wales, the boundary between these two states of Australia forms. It is claimed that this was the first lighthouse in the world, has been experimented with the laser beams to produce a firing.

History

Point Danger Light was the third in a group of seven built of reinforced concrete lighthouses that were built in 1964-1979 in Queensland; in order of construction were the Cape Capricorn Light, New Caloundra Light, Point Danger Light, New Burnett Heads Light, Fitzroy Iceland Light, Point Cartwright Light and Archer Point Light. The building was built in 1971. The building was also reminiscent of the bicentenary of the first Pacific voyage of James Cook and in particular its voyage along the east coast of Australia in 1770. Started at the Lighthouse on 18 April 1971.

The original light source was an experimental, based on laser light; Point Danger Light was among the first, perhaps the first lighthouse, the laser light used. However, the experiment did not bring the desired result, so that the light source was replaced in 1975 by an ordinary electric-powered lamp.

Flare

The identifier of the lighthouse shows two flashes at a repetition rate of ten seconds ( Fl. ( 2) W. 10s) that is visible from 170 ° to 330 ° and have a range of eleven miles. The light source is an electric lamp, which is powered by a battery and trickle charge from the power grid receives its supply voltage.

Building

The lighthouse consists of four pillars of reinforced concrete facing in the four cardinal directions; between them a bronze sculpture is suspended. In addition to the lighthouse, there is a one-storey building of the Marine Rescue NSW, the Point Danger station. The tower has a height of approximately 20 m.

The lighthouse is operated by NSW Maritime. The grounds of the lighthouse can be entered, but the access is locked to the tower to the public.

Used literature

  • List of Lights, Pub. 111, The West Coasts of North and South America ( Excluding Continental USA and Hawaii), Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Islands of the North and South Pacific Oceans (PDF), United States National Geospatial -Intelligence Agency, 2009.
  • Russ Rowlett: Lighthouses of Australia: Queensland 's East Coast. In: The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Accessed on November 14, 2010.
  • The Point Danger Lighthouse ( English) In: Lighthouses of Queensland. Lighthouses of Australia Inc. 6. August 2003. Accessed on February 5, 2011.
  • Caloundra Lighthouses ( English) In: Cultural Heritage Information Management System. Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. Accessed on 10 July 2011.
  • Garry Searle: List of Lighthouses - Queensland ( English) In: Lighthouses of Australia. SeaSide Lights. Accessed on 20 September 2012.
  • Lighthouse Lights - NSW Maritime. In: maritime.nsw.gov.au. Accessed on 20 September 2012.
  • Grant and Tracey Maizels: Grant and Tracey 's Lighthouse Pages - NSW / Queensland border - Point Danger. In: maizels.nu. In 1998. Accessed on 20 September 2012.
  • Grant and Tracey Maizels: Grant and Tracey 's Lighthouse Pages - NSW - Point Danger Light - plaque. In: maizels.nu. 1998b. Accessed on 20 September 2012.
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