Albino Rock lighthouse

Albino Rock lighthouse was based on plans from 1940 with construction beginning in the same year.^[1] The 30-foot (9.1 m) tower was square white concrete and stood at a base elevation of 96 feet (29 m).^[1] It was the last light to complete the chain along Northern Queensland to Torres Strait.^[1] 44 miles (71 km) to the north lay the Hinchinbrook Light, and 32 miles (51 km) to the south was Cape Cleveland Light.^[1] The light characteristic was white with three flashes every 20 seconds (Fl.W.20s), 15,000 candlepower, and 15 miles (24 km) visibility.^[1] The light is no longer operational, while the Fresnel lens is in the Townsville Maritime Museum.^[2]

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 "The Townsville Daily Bulletin Tuesday, May 21, 1940.". Townsville Daily Bulletin (Qld.: National Library of Australia). 21 May 1940. p. 4. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Queensland's East Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 2011-12-27. "...the Townsville Maritime Museum...exhibits a collection of Fresnel lenses from the former...Albino Rock...lighthouses."

Lighthouses of Queensland

South East Coast

Point Danger Point Lookout Cleveland Point Moreton Bay Pile Bulwer Island Old Caloundra New Caloundra Point Cartwright Double Island Point

Moreton Island lighthouses	Cape Moreton Comboyuro Point North Point Cowan Cowan Point Yellow Patch

Central Coast

North Coast

Far North Coast

Torres Strait

See also: List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Australia

Coordinates: 18°46′12″S 146°43′09″E / 18.7701°S 146.7192°E / -18.7701; 146.7192

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