Cape Campbell Lighthouse is a

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Cape Campbell Cape Campbell, ''Te Karaka'' in the Māori language, is in Marlborough, New Zealand, on the northeastern coast of the South Island. It lies at the southern end of Clifford Bay, northeast of Ward, and southeast of Blenheim. Cape Campbell lies ...

in the

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region of the

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of New Zealand. It is owned and operated by

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. The original lighthouse at this site was first lit on 1 August 1870. However, this lighthouse was constructed of timber, and in 1898 these timbers were found to be decaying. This led to the construction of the current cast iron tower, which began operating in October 1905. CapeCampbellPlaque

The light was originally fuelled by

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. In 1938 the oil lamp was replaced with an

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one powered by a local diesel

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. This was subsequently replaced by a connection to the mains grid in the 1960s. The light was fully automated in 1986 and is now managed from a control room in

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. Cape Campbell Lighthouse
Maritime New Zealand It featured in the 2016 film '' The Light Between Oceans.''

References

A youngsters vision of the Cape Campbell Lighthouse and surrounds is in the book, The Tall White Tower. (Published by Terry Cole, nephew of the author, Eric Creamer.

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Maritime New Zealand Lighthouses completed in 1870 Lighthouses in New Zealand Transport buildings and structures in the Marlborough Region {{lighthouse-stub

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