IMAGE
Lighthouse and surrounding area, Castlepoint
- Date
- [ca 1927]
- Reference
- Pan-2276-F
- Description
Panoramic view of the Castlepoint Lighthouse in the far left foreground. Long jetty seen centre left (built in the 19th century when the settlement was Wairarapa's main port. Jetty later smashed by heavy seas and not replaced). A causeway is also visible on the left (built to ensure access to the lighthouse even in bad weather or high tides. Over the years it was washed away and rebuilt a number of times, the last time in May 1985. Removed in 2008 after the discovery of damaged piles. See: http://www.t.govt.nz/en/photograph/12009/1920s-castlepoint). Farming land on the hills behind, with farmhouses, outbuildings, and baches along the coast on the right. Steep cliffs and open sea on the far left below the lighthouse. Photograph taken circa 1927 by Robert Percy Moore.
Source of descriptive information - From internet: http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/ograph/12009/1920s-castlepoint
Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Lighthouse at Castlepoint - New Zealand No 909
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Panoramic negative 19.7 x 112.0 cm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Panoramic negative 19.7 x 112.0 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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