Bay Rock Light

Bay Rock Light
Bay Rock Lighthouse at the Townsville Maritime Museum
Map
LocationTownsville
Queensland
Australia
Coordinates19°15′33.18″S 146°49′26.31″E / 19.2592167°S 146.8239750°E / -19.2592167; 146.8239750
Tower
Constructed1886
Constructiontimber frame clad covered by corrugated iron
Automated1920[nb 2]
Height8 metres (26 ft)
Shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markingswhite tower and red lantern
Light
Deactivated1980s[nb 1]
Focal height29 metres (95 ft) (original location)[nb 3]
Lens4th Order dioptric
Bay Rock Light, 1917. The keeper's house can be seen on the left

Bay Rock Light is an inactive lighthouse which used to be located on Bay Rock, a rocky islet northwest of Magnetic Island, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. First lit in 1886, it was automated in 1920 and deactivated in the 1980s. It was relocated in 1992 to the Townsville Maritime Museum, where it is now displayed.[1]


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