Currie Lighthouse

Currie Lighthouse

Currie harbour on King Island
Currie Lighthouse
Location	Currie King Island Tasmania Australia
Coordinates	39°55′46.4″S 143°50′32.4″E / 39.929556°S 143.842333°ECoordinates: 39°55′46.4″S 143°50′32.4″E / 39.929556°S 143.842333°E
Year first constructed	1879
Deactivated	1989-1995
Construction	wrought iron skeletal tower
Tower shape	square frustum tower with central cylinder balcony and lantern
Markings / pattern	white tower and lantern
Height	21 metres (69 ft)
Focal height	46 metres (151 ft)
Light source	mains power
Range	22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi)
Characteristic	FI W 6.5s
Admiralty number	K2189
NGA number	6928
ARLHS number	AUS-063[1]
Managing agent	King Island Council[2]

Currie Lighthouse was built following agitation by Archibald Currie and others for a lighthouse at Currie Harbour, Currie, Tasmania in 1879.^[3] Planned and fabricated by Chance Brothers in England, it was devised as a 21-metre (69 ft)-tall square pyramidal truss iron tower with an iron cylinder centered inside and then shipped to Tasmania to be erected. After an inactive period from 1989 to 1995, the light is now active again. The light characteristic is "Fl. 6 s", i.e. one flash every six seconds. The lightsource's focal plane is situated 46 metres (151 ft) above sea level. The adjacent keeper's house was turned into a museum in 1980.

See also

• History of Tasmania
• List of lighthouses in Tasmania

Notes

1. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Tasmania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved December 5, 2015.
2. Currie Lighthouse Lighthouses of Australia Inc.
3. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Australia: Tasmania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.