LASER-BEAM LIGHTHOUSE
(N.Z Press Assn.—Copyright) COOLAGANATA, (Queensland), April 21. i What is believed to be the i world’s first laser-beam light- . house was in service today at , Point Danger, on the Queeris-land-New South Wales bor- , der. i The 60ft-high streamlined , structure, which cost $86,000, '. was opened yesterday by the i Deputy Prime Minister (Mr ’ Douglas Anthony). ; Laser Electronics Pty., Ltd, ’ worked for four years on the i navigational application of ‘ laser beams and claims that I because the laser uses only ; 200 watts of electricity, the ! lighthouse fuel bill will be 1 cut from $5OOO to $5O a year, • and capital expenditure from ' more than $lOO,OOO to about $9OOO. ’ The light, 146 feet above 1 sea level, shows one red flash ■ every seconds. The new Point Danger light i conunemorates Captain James Cook, who first landed in Australia 201 years ago. A ’ model of it at a Stockholm trade fair last year drew inquiries from more than 30 . countries.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32587, 22 April 1971, Page 26
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