| 词条 | Point King Lighthouse |
| 释义 |
| name = Point King Lighthouse | image_name = | image_width = | caption = | location = Princess Royal Harbour, Albany, Western Australia | pushpin_map = Western Australia | relief = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Western Australia | pushpin = lighthouse | pushpin_label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|35|02|06.1|S|117|55|05.7|E|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | yearbuilt = 1858 (first) | yearlit = 1911 (second) | automated = 1913[1] | yeardeactivated = 1911 (first) | foundation = | construction = wooden tower (first) skeletal tower (second) steel (current) | shape = cylindrical tower with balcony and beacon (current) | marking = white tower | height = {{convert|9|m|ft}} | focalheight = {{convert|42|m|ft}} | lens = | currentlens = | lightsource = solar power | intensity = | range = {{convert|12|nmi}}[2] | characteristic = FI W 3s | fogsignal = | racon = | admiralty = K1802 | canada = | NGA = 8840 | ARLHS = AUS-279 | USCG = | country = | countrynumber = | countrylink = | managingagent = City of Albany[3] | heritage = | module = }} Point King Lighthouse was a lighthouse located on the northern entrance to Princess Royal Harbour in Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The lighthouse was the first navigational light for the Port of Albany and the second lighthouse to be built on the West Australian coastline.[4] HistoryFollowing the end of the Crimean War in 1856, a return of the profitable mail boat service from England, via Albany, to the eastern states was anticipated and the need for a lighthouse into the harbour was foreseen.[5] The British Government proposed to construct two lighthouses in the area in 1857, one on Breaksea Island and the other at Point King, on the understanding that the local government met the running costs. Construction commenced shortly afterward and the prefabricated lights arrived in June; the project was completed later in the year and the lighthouse commenced operating on New Years Day in 1858 with William Hill employed as the light keeper.[6] The original lighthouse consisted of the keeper's house situated {{convert|47|ft|m|0}} above the high water mark on the granite point. The building had a {{convert|17|ft|m|0}} high square wooden tower equipped with an oil-fired light visible from {{convert|12|mi|km|0}} away. The light was operated manually and the keeper lived in the dwelling where the tower was housed.[4] The lighthouse was made redundant in June 1911.[4] The building remained unused for many years with the roof and tower lost many years ago. In 1995 a conservation plan was prepared but by 1999 no work had been carried out.[5] In 2011 the Albany City Council set aside {{AUD}}20,000 to stabilize the ruins.[7] Keepers
See also{{stack|{{portal|Western Australia}}}}
GalleryReferences1. ^Point King Lighthouse amazingalbany 2. ^[https://www.albanygateway.com.au/visitor/historical/point-king-lighthouse Point King Lighthouse] Albany Gateway 3. ^{{cite rowlett|wau|accessdate=December 17, 2015}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web|url=https://www.albanygateway.com.au/visitor/historical/point-king-lighthouse|title=Point King lighthouse|year=2015|accessdate=13 August 2015|publisher=Albany Gateway}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://inherit.stateheritage.wa.gov.au/Public/Inventory/PrintSingleRecord/8dbfd9da-291d-4869-a8b5-22191c99210d|title=Point King Lighthouse Ruin|date=3 August 1995|accessdate=13 August 2015|work=inHerit|publisher=City of Albany}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.amazingalbany.com.au/point-king-lighthouse/|title=Point King Lighthouse|accessdate=13 August 2015|publisher=Albany City Council}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://albanyregion.com.au/lighthouses/|title=Albany Region - Lighthouses|accessdate=13 August 2015}} 8. ^[https://www.albanygateway.com.au/visitor/historical/point-king-lighthouse Point King Lighthouse] Albany Gateway External links
5 : Lighthouses completed in 1858|Towers completed in 1858|Lighthouses in Western Australia|1858 establishments in Australia|Heritage places in Albany, Western Australia |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。