FIRST LIGHTHOUSE AT PENCARROW, WELLINGTON.—The three windows shown in the illustration formed the lantern of the first lighthouse at Pencarrow. Behind ţhis protection were Placed oil lamps, a very feeble glimmer compared with these used in a modern lighthouse. The site of the light is now to he abandoned, and a contact has been let for the erection of a lighthouse at Baring Head, to the east of Penecarrow.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1934, Page 5
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69FIRST LIGHTHOUSE AT PENCARROW, WELLINGTON.—The three windows shown in the illustration formed the lantern of the first lighthouse at Pencarrow. Behind ţhis protection were Placed oil lamps, a very feeble glimmer compared with these used in a modern lighthouse. The site of the light is now to he abandoned, and a contact has been let for the erection of a lighthouse at Baring Head, to the east of Penecarrow. Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1934, Page 5
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