page_title: Bean Rock Lighthouse
hierarchical_section_title: Bean Rock Lighthouse
caption_attribution_description: Te Toka a Kapetaua: Last surviving wave washed wooden cottage type lighthouse in New Zealand and one of only a few worldwide. Ponui Passage, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland. Named after Royal Navy officer, Lieutenant P.C.D. Bean, of HMS Herald, who helped to survey and chart Waitemata Harbour in the 1840s. Opened by Hugh Brown, the first keeper, with its English kerosene lamp of 350 candlepower.
context_page_description: Bean Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse situated at the end of a reef in the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the only remaining example in New Zealand of a wooden cottage-style lighthouse, and it is one of only a few remaining worldwide. It is also the oldest wooden lighthouse and only wave-washed tower in New Zealand. It is owned, operated and maintained by Ports of Auckland.
context_section_description: Bean Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse situated at the end of a reef in the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the only remaining example in New Zealand of a wooden cottage-style lighthouse, and it is one of only a few remaining worldwide. It is also the oldest wooden lighthouse and only wave-washed tower in New Zealand. It is owned, operated and maintained by Ports of Auckland.
caption: Bean Rock in 2010
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