Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L00073:reg:1931
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Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 1931
Character Range: 32750–35192

1931              Lighthouse steamer the Lady Loch visits Cape St Albans Lighthouse.[xxviii]
25 January 1955   Schooner the Grelka wrecked near Cape St Alban.[xxix]

  3.6 Changes and conservation over time
The following section details the changes and conservation efforts to have been carried out at Cape St Albans Lighthouse since its construction.
The Brewis Report
Commander CRW Brewis, retired naval surveyor, was commissioned in 1911 by the Commonwealth Government to report on the condition of existing lights and to recommend any additional ones. Brewis visited every lighthouse in Australia between June and December 1912, and produced a series of reports published in their final form in March 1913. These reports were the basis for decision-making for the individual lighthouses and provide a snapshot of the lighthouse in the early twentieth century.
Brewis recommended that the Cape St Albans Lighthouse be discontinued.[xxx]
Cape St Alban Light (U.)
(72 miles from Adelaide ; 2 ½ from Cape Willoughby.)
Lat. 35° 49' S., Long. 138° 07' E., Charts Nos. 1014 and 25. – Established 1908.
Character. – One white, with red sector. (U.) Fixed, diptric, 4th order, - w., about 800 c.p.; r., about
200 c.p. Illuminant, kerosene.

Visibility. – Shows red through an arc of 84 degrees from 264 ½ (S. 79 W. Mag.) to 368 ½ (N. 17
W., Mag.); white elsewhere. Visible in clear weather – white, 14; red, 6 nautical miles.

Optical Apparatus. – Barbier, Bernard, and Turenne, 1907. Fixed lens. Focal radius, 9 inches.

Condition and State of Efficacy. – The tower and apparatus are in good condition.

No keeper is stationed at the light. It is visited once a day by a resident of Antechamber Bay,
distant about 5 miles, who receives remuneration for this duty.

Life-saving equipment is kept at farm in this vicinity. It was previously stored at Cape Willoughby.

Communication. – Visited once or twice a year by Government steamer.

Fogs. – Fogs are experienced February-March, and June-July.

RECOMMENDED. – This light be discontinued, and placed at Cape Willoughby as a subsidiary
light, showing a red sector over the Scraper Shoal. This, together with an automatic (U.) light on North Page Island, and a light buoy on Yatala Shoal, will provide for the navigation of Backstairs Passage.

Alteration to the light
The following table details the changes to the Cape St Albans light since its exhibition in 1908.
Date            Alteration