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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.

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Alexander Turnbull Library,
Reference: A-032-012
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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'First lighthouse at Pencarrow Head', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/first-lighthouse-pencarrow-head, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-Jul-2013

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