Troubridge Hill Lighthouse

Troubridge Hill Lighthouse
Troubridge Hill Lighthouse
Location Troubridge Hill, Yorke Peninsula
Coordinates 35°10′6″S 137°38′24″E / 35.16833°S 137.64000°E
Year first lit September 1980[1]
Construction unpainted red brick, lantern painted white[2]
Height 32 metres (105 ft)[3]
Focal height 62 metres (203 ft)[3]
Characteristic three white flashes every 15 s.[2]
Admiralty number K2020[2]
NGA number 8406[2]
ARLHS number AUS-163[2]

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 mi) south west of Edithburgh and about 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) west of Troubridge Point. 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.[1][2][3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Troubridge Hill". Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Troubridge Hill Lighthouse". Lighthouses of Australia Inc. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  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.