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Point, however New South Wales and New Zealand refrained from contributing to the costs – delaying construction further. Approvals for construction were finally granted in 1886[20].
Design
J.C. Clymie, Civil Engineer of Melbourne was originally commissioned in 1879 to design the plans for the lighthouse. However, the final plans were prepared and designed by Robert Huckson in 1886 for the Hobart Marine Board[21].
The design for the lighthouse incorporated the use of locally sourced granite for the tower. It also included   a stone-flying staircase which was relatively unusual for lighthouse structures (see Figure 11).
Huckson & Hutchinsons also designed the master's quarters and assistants' quarters which were to be constructed to the north-west of the lighthouse tower (See Appendix 5. Master's and Assistants' Quarters Blueprints).
Huckson & Hutchinson
Huckson & Hutchinson was founded in 1887 by Robert Huckson and R. Hutchinson. The firm was responsible for the design of many Tasmanian lighthouses including Table Cape, Mersey Bluff, Eddystone Point, Maatsuyker, Cape Sorrell,
and Low Head. The firm also designed various alterations and necessary repairs to lightstations across the state.

Construction
In September 1887, a correspondent from the Hobart Mercury newspaper visited the Eddystone Point construction site. The correspondent's report provided insight on the lighthouse progress and on the construction methods of late 19th century lighthouses in Australia:
    We first went to the quarry, where we saw immense blocks of granite being quarried out, squared, and put on the trollies, on which they were carried to the cutting or dressing shed, from which, after being dressed and numbered, they are taken to the tower. There are rails laid from the quarry to the lighthouse, the distance being about 60 yards (55m), over which one horse can easily draw two tons of stone.
    The lighthouse which is being constructed on Eddystone Point, is of massive granite blocks, on an elevated position, about 50ft (15m) above sea level. The walls at the bottom are 7ft (2.1m) in thickness, and will be 3 ft (0.9m) at the top. The tower at present is about 20ft (6m) high, and will be when finished about 80ft (24.4m) high. All the works are being carried out on in a very systematic manner, Every stone is measured and squared in the quarry, than at the shed they are dressed and numbered, every stone being cut and numbered for its place in the tower.
    There are employed on the works 4 builders,
    18 cutters, 25 quarrymen, 10 labourers, 3 smiths,
    3 strikers, 1 carpenter, 2 horse-drivers, 3 boys,
    1 clerk, Mr Duffy (the foreman), and Mr Galloway (the Government inspector of masonry), in all 73 men and boys. The SS Warrentinna calls with provisions[22].
70-odd men were stationed at