Tiparra Reef Lighthouse

Chance Brothers Lighthouse Chance Brothers Lighthouse
  • Date of lens manufacture

    1876

  • Date of lighthouse construction

    1877 replaced in 1995

  • Country

    Australia

  • Commissioning body
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  • Order of lens

    1st order

  • Fixed or revolving lens

    Revolving

  • Active/Inactive

    Inactive

  • Describe the character of light
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  • Describe the lighthouses daymarks

    white painted steel

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

    The screw pile lighthouse over the Tipara (this is the more usual spelling) Reef in Moonta Bay was the first lighthouse in Spencer Gulf and was operational from August 1877. Prior to this a lightship was stationed over the reef. The pyramidal skeletal tower is very like the Cape Jaffa Lighthouse on Margaret Brock reef in the state’s south-east.

    Tipara Reef lighthouse was the first lighthouse in Spencer Gulf. It used a Chance Brothers first order apparatus for its light. The light’s platform was well frequented by birds and a major task of visiting service crews was the removal of nests. Tipara Reef Lighthouse was replaced by a light tower at Warburton Point on the adjacent mainland in 1995. The tower of the old Tipara Reef light now stands in Wallaroo at the Maritime Museum (https://www.nationaltrust.org.au/places/wallaroo-heritage-and-nautical-museum/) . There is a small beacon on the remnants of the platform.

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  • Current management body/ ports authority
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  • Historical preservation societies/manager/operator
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  • Is the site vulnerable to coastal erosion?
    no
  • Have you experienced any affects of climate change on the lighthouse?
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  • Observations on the condition of the lighthouse?

    Good

  • Is the site open/closed to the public

    Open

  • Is the tower open/closed to the public

    Closed

  • Latitude and Longitude

    Tipara Reef (original platform): Latitude: -34.070068359 Longitude: 137.393173217

  • On-site bookable accommodation available
    no
  • Associated web addresses
  • Other details
    • Tipara Reef (original platform): ARLHS AUS-161; Admiralty Q1982; NGA 8448.
    • Tipara Reef (light tower 2, relocated to Wallaroo): ARLHS AUS-302.
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added on August 8, 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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