Compton, Australia
Cape Banks Lighthouse
Cape Banks Lighthouse is a lighthouse in the Australian state of South Australia located in the state's south-east on an unnamed headland in the gazetted locality of Carpenter Rocks about 2.5 kilometres north-west of the locality's town centre. The siting of a lighthouse near Cape Banks was discussed as early as 1880, in conjunction with the rebuilding of the Cape Northumberland Lighthouse because it was suggested as a suitable site for the “optical apparatus” from the above-mentioned lighthouse to be reused and because it was a location “where so many shipping casualties have occurred.” In March 1882, construction of the new lighthouse at “the Carpenter Rocks, adjacent to Cape Banks” was…
- City
- Compton
- Country
- Australia
- Category
- Landmark
- Suggested visit
- About 45 minutes
Background: Wikipedia