Babbage Island Lighthouse

Chance Brothers Lighthouse Chance Brothers Lighthouse
  • Date of lens manufacture

    1895

  • Date of lighthouse construction

    1897

  • Country

    Australia

  • Commissioning body

    Government of Western Australia

  • Order of lens

    4th order

  • Fixed or revolving lens

    Fixed

  • Active/Inactive

    Inactive

  • Describe the character of light

    Occulting

  • Describe the lighthouses daymarks
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  • Which aspects of the lighthouse (other than the lens) were manufactured by Chance brothers

    Probably lantern and other apparatus

  • Describe the history of the lighthouse

    The first lighthouse was a square pyramidal tower made of timber. By 1899 it had been attacked by white ants and needed to be repaired.

    The light was occulting and had two red sectors.

    The light was originally fueled by kerosene but after a fire in 1909 it was converted to acetylene. This was the second fire in the lantern room; the lightkeeper was asked to resign as a result.

    The timber tower was replaced by a steel skeletal tower and modern light in 1962 -- the original lantern was not re-used. Location of the lens is to be confirmed.

    One lightkeeper was stationed here. The lightkeeper's cottage is now a museum and the lantern is displayed on a brick stub tower. The original lantern is in poor condition. The top part of the second tower is also on the site.

    The 1962 tower was replaced around 2020 by a "light on a pole" and was downgraded from lighthouse to major light.

  • Current management body/ ports authority

    Department of Transport, Western Australia

  • Historical preservation societies/manager/operator

    Carnarvon Heritage Group

  • Is the site vulnerable to coastal erosion?
    nu
  • Have you experienced any affects of climate change on the lighthouse?
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  • Observations on the condition of the lighthouse?
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  • Is the site open/closed to the public

    Open

  • Is the tower open/closed to the public
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  • Latitude and Longitude

    Lat: 24 deg. 52 min. 21 sec. S. Long: 113 deg. 38 min. 08 sec. E.

  • On-site bookable accommodation available
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  • Associated web addresses
  • Other details
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  • Which resources did you use to research this lighthouses?
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Chance Lighthouse Destroyed or Ruined Chance Lighthouse Destroyed or Ruined
  • Date of decommissioning of lighthouse

    1962

Former Chance Lens Since Replaced/Removed Former Chance Lens Since Replaced/Removed
  • Date of decommissioning or removal of Chance lens

    1962

  • Which lens(es) replaced the Chance lens ?
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added on 1 iulie 2022
Made In Smethwick: Lighthouses Around the World

In the 1800s, Chance Brothers & Co glassworks in Smethwick began making the hi-tech lenses that lighthouses use to warn ships of dangerous locations. By 1951, over 2,500 lighthouses around the world were fitted with a Chance lens.

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