{"id":1114,"date":"2020-06-20T23:07:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T15:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/?post_type=listing&#038;p=1114"},"modified":"2020-06-20T23:07:19","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T15:07:19","slug":"mersey-bluff-lighthouse-devonport","status":"publish","type":"listing","link":"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/listing\/mersey-bluff-lighthouse-devonport\/","title":{"rendered":"Mersey Bluff Lighthouse, Devonport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"264\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/MerseyBluffTAS.jpg\" alt=\"Country Airstrips Australia - Mersey Bluff TAS\" class=\"wp-image-1115\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/MerseyBluffTAS.jpg 264w, https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/MerseyBluffTAS-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mersey Bluff Lighthouse standing at the mouth of the Mersey River near Devonport is unusual in Australia with its distinctive vertical red striped day mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mersey Bluff Lighthouse was established in 1889 and is built of bricks on a stone base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It replaced a succession of beacons and obelisks that had formerly stood on the site. It also replaced the earlier Don River light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1910 the original kerosene lamp was converted to acetylene gas which was supplied by a Colt seven-day acetylene generator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The light was converted to DC electric operation in 1920 and de-manned at the same time. It was connected to mains power in 1978.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The establishment of the lighthouse ended a history of wrecks in this area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Commonwealth assumed responsibility for the lighthouse under the Commonwealth Lighthouse Act in 1915<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another unusual feature of this lightstation is that it was connected to town water in 1901.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","listing-category":[120],"list-tags":[],"location":[111],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v14.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mersey Bluff Lighthouse, Devonport | Country Airstrips Australia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/listing\/mersey-bluff-lighthouse-devonport\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mersey Bluff Lighthouse, Devonport | Country Airstrips Australia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Mersey Bluff Lighthouse standing at the mouth of the Mersey River near Devonport is unusual in Australia with its distinctive vertical red striped\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/listing\/mersey-bluff-lighthouse-devonport\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Country Airstrips Australia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-06-20T15:07:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/MerseyBluffTAS.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/#\/schema\/person\/80124d79dedf8684f066a78e14eada5a\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/#personlogo\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/wp-content\/plugins\/userswp\/assets\/images\/no_profile.png\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/#personlogo\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/\",\"name\":\"Country Airstrips Australia\",\"description\":\"Airstrip, Accommodation, Food &amp; 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