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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 Eddystone Point during construction, a situation that saw the creation of a small 'village' complete with a store, stables, and workers' huts. A storekeeper, cook and baker were also stationed on-site, completing the little make-shift village[23].
James Galloway, a prominent townsman and stonemason from Glasgow, Scotland, headed the construction of the Eddystone Point Lightstation. The contractor was awarded instalments of £8505 in 1887 and £7630 in 1888[24].

Figure 10. The Eddystone Point Lighthouse, east coast of Tasmania, 1948. Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. NAA: A1200, L11291 (© Commonwealth of Australia, National Archives of Australia)
The later instalments were largely due to extra excavations undertaken at site. It was originally thought a solid foundation had been found 10 feet below the surface. However, further investigations revealed the surrounding area to be unsuitable which required "288 yards of additional excavation had to be made costing £432"[25].
As proposed within Huckson's designs, the tower was constructed from locally-sourced granite which was left unpainted. The tower and flying-stone staircase came to a combined cost of £11,500, and the combined cost of the lantern, lighting apparatus, side light and fixing was £4,300. The total cost of the lighthouse was allegedly £22,248[26].
Equipment when built
Upon completion, the Eddystone Point Lighthouse stood as a rough-hewn granite tower 35 m from base to dome. The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate reported on the Chance Bros. 1st Order dioptric light installed which had:
    fifteen sides and two lower panels suppressed from access to show triple flashes at intervals of half a minute, the time of revolution of the five groups being two and a half minutes[27]
An auxiliary light was also installed beside the tower which had 'a radius of two and [sic] half miles, and  is of a sixth order port light for 242deg. red.'[28].
The nearby quarters precinct was fitted with three large cottages constructed of squared granite.
Figure 11. Eddystone Point Plan of Tower (1886) Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. NAA: A9568, 5/2/2 (© Commonwealth of Australia, National Archives of Australia)

  3.6  Lighthouse keepers
A complete list of the Eddystone Point Lighthouse keepers has been collated and preserved by Friends of the Eddystone Light Inc. Please see Appendix 6 for the full list.
Figure 12. The SS Cape York bringing supplies to Eddystone Point lighthouse, East Tasmania (1948) Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. NAA: A1200, L11292 (© Commonwealth of Australia, National Archives of Australia)
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