View of Baring Head Lighthouse under construction

View of Baring Head Lighthouse under construction
Date
March 1934
Reference
EP-Transport-Shipping-Lighthouses-02
Description

View of Baring Head Lighthouse under construction. Photographed by an Eveneing post staff photographer in March 1934.

Lighthouse sited on Baring Head which is situated on the south coast of the North Island of New Zealand about halfway between the entrance to Wellington Harbour and Palliser Bay. It replaced the Pencarrow light and became operational in 1935. It was the first lighthouse in New Zealand to use electricity to power its light which was automated in 1989.

Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 20.5 x 12.2 cm

Additional description

Alternative form available: Print in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations file at Shipping-Lighthouses (Cabinet no 17, drawer 1).

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers / Photographs relating to lighthouses
Format
1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print, 20.5 x 12.2 cm
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