Cape Palliser Lighthouse
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| Place: | Cape Palliser , North Island , New Zealand | |
| Location: | Wellington , New Zealand | |
| Geographical location: | 41 ° 36 '43 " S , 175 ° 17' 23.6" E | |
| Height of tower base: | 78 m | |
| Fire carrier height : | 18 m | |
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| Identifier : | FL (2) W 20s | |
| Scope knows: | 26 nm (48.2 km ) | |
| Operating mode: | 1897 oil lamp 1954 electrification 1986 automated |
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| Function: | lighthouse | |
| Construction time: | 1897 | |
| Operating time: | since 1897 | |
Cape Palliser Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Cape Palliser in the Wellington region in the south of the North Island of New Zealand . It is operated by Maritime New Zealand .
The cylindrical cast iron tower was built in 1897 and originally put into operation with an oil lamp on October 27 of the same year. The 18 m high tower is painted with red and white rings and is 58 m high on the cape. The lighthouse keepers were supplied with supplies from the sea every three months, which proved to be difficult on the rocky coast, so that goods were often lost. When the sea was rough, supplies were also unloaded in the better protected, but 6 km away, Kawakawa Bay. The lighthouse keeper's house and the storage sheds were on the coast of this lighthouse, so at least they didn't have to be carried up to the lighthouse on rail cars, as is the case with other New Zealand lighthouses.
In 1954 the tower was electrified and the power supply came from a diesel generator. In 1967 the tower was connected to the power grid. A diesel generator remained as an emergency power supply. In 1986 the tower was automated and since then, like all lighthouses in New Zealand, it has been controlled from a control room in Wellington .
The lighthouse can be reached via a staircase built in 1902 with more than 250 steps, which replaced the previous dangerous climb on a dirt path over the cliffs of the cape. The fuel from the lighthouse was pulled up the cliffs with a hand winch.
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