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First lighthouse at Pencarrow Head

First lighthouse at Pencarrow Head

The first lighthouse at Pencarrow Head, built about 1852, was actually just the lighthouse keeper's house with a lamp in the window. The first lighthouse keeper at Pencarrow was George Bennett.

This drawing was published in Transactions of NZ Institute, 1924.

Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: A-032-012
Further information and copies of this image may be obtained from the Library through its 'Timeframes' website, http://timeframes.natlib.govt.nz
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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