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Name: Pencarrow Lighthouse (old)  

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Also known as: Pencarrow Head Lighthouse

Nearest Town or City:
Wellington, , New Zealand

Location: Entrance to Wellington Harbour.

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Photo: Ted Smith
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Managing Organization:
New Zealand Historic Places Trust

Website: http://www.historic.org.nz/Register/ListingDetail.asp?RID=34&rm=Brief&sm=

Notes:
This was the first lighthouse in New Zealand, and the only lighthouse in New Zealand to ever have a woman keeper. It was replaced by Baring Head Lighthouse in 1935.

Tower Height: 33

Description of Tower: White, octagonal cast iron tower; lantern roof is black.

This light is not operational

Date Established: 1859

Date Present Tower Built: 1858

Date Deactivated: 1935

Current Use: Historic site.

Open To Public? Grounds only.

Directions:
The lighthouse is accessible via a narrow rocky path running off Pencarrow Coast Road, past Eastbourne.

Keepers: Mary Jane Bennett (1859-c. 1865), William Lyall (assistant, c. 1860), ? Parks (c. 1910), Hugh Jamieson (temporary, 1920)