West Channel Pile Light
Appearance
![]() West Channel Pile Light, first half of the 20th century | |
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Location | Port Phillip Victoria Australia |
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Coordinates | 38°11′34″S 144°45′23″E / 38.19278°S 144.75639°E |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1881 |
Foundation | wooden piles |
Construction | wooden tower |
Height | 11 metres (36 ft) |
Shape | 1-story octagonal prism keeper's quarter with balcony around and lantern on the roof |
Markings | white lighthouse |
Power source | solar power ![]() |
Heritage | Victorian Heritage Register |
Light | |
First lit | 1881 |
Focal height | 11 metres (36 ft) |
Characteristic | Fl WR 6s. |
The West Channel Pile Light is an active two-storey octagonal lighthouse in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia. It was built in 1881, replacing a lightship installed in 1854, to mark the north-east end of the West Sand. The site is listed in the Victorian Heritage Register.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "West Channel Pile Light, Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1518". Victorian Heritage Database. Heritage Victoria. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
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