Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2021L01587:reg:2017:p1
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Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2017 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 41412–44401

2017         Timber flagstaff removed from lighthouse balcony.

  3.8  Changes and conservation over time
The following section details alterations made to Eddystone Point Lighthouse over the course of its history.
The Brewis Report (1913)
Commander CRW Brewis, RN 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 future decisions.
Brewis' recommendations for Eddystone Point included:
       * Increasing the power of the light from 22,200 c.d. to 100,000 c.d. by installing an 85mm, kerosene-fuelled incandescent mantle.
       * Removing the red shades from the light's character, leaving a purely white group of flashes
       * Altering the red auxiliary light to shine white.
Brewis' recommendations were considered and in 1921, the Eddystone Point light was upgraded to incandescent kerosene operation.
Eddystone Point Light[33]
70 miles from Cape Forestier.
Lat. 40º 59 ½ 'S., Long. 148º 21' E., Charts Nos. 1079 and 1706. – Established in the year 1889. Lloyd's signal station, connected with Gladstone by telephone.

    Character:
One alternating, red and white, group flashing, three flashes every 30 seconds. Dioptric 1st Order, 22,200c.p. Illuminant, kerosene.
Granite tower 85 feet. Height of focal plane, 139 feet above high water. Visible, in clear weather, 18 nautical miles. Also subsidiary light, fixed, showing red over Victoria rocks. Visible, 2 ¼ nautical miles.

    Condition and State of Efficiency:
The light-house tower and apparatus are in serviceable condition. The dwellings require extensive repairs; the foundations are solid. The sand blows have invaded the light-house reserve to a considerable extent, rendering the land of no value except for light-house purposes, and threatening the dwellings. Steps are being taken to obviate this by sowing marram grass.
The system of red and white flashes is unnecessarily complicated. The subsidiary light should be improved.
Three light-keepers are stationed here.

    Communication:
By road, 20 miles to Gladstone. Quarterly by steamer carrying stores by contract. An acetylene Morse lamp is required to facilitate communication with passing vessels – necessary in case of emergency.
RECOMMENDED:
  (a)   The power of the light be increased from 22,200 to 100,000 c.p., and economy effected in the consumption of oil by installing an 85 mm. incandescent mantle; illuminant, vaporized kerosene.
  (b)   The red shades be taken out of the light, altering the character to White, group flashing, three flashes every 30 seconds.
  (c)    The red subsidiary light, which is now visible only 2 ¼ miles, be altered to white occulting every ten seconds, thereby increasing its visibility to about 10 miles, from S.