The Red Tower
The history of the Port Adelaide – Neptune Island Lighthouse
First erected at the entrance to the Port Adelaide River, it was lit on the 1st of January 1869 and displayed its light through a fixed, fourth order lens. On the 3rd of February 1875, this was upgraded to a revolving first order lens, showing a bright flash every thirty seconds
The tower was moved to South Neptune Island, at the entrance of Spencer Gulf, on the 1st of November 1901, and fitted with a new lantern with a second order dioptric lens. The original lantern was installed on the new screw-pile Lighthouse on Wonga Shoal, eight miles south of Port Adelaide.
The tower stood on Neptune Island until 1985, when, in a bad state of repair, it was decommissioned and acquired by the South Australian Maritime Museum. Restored and re-assembled on the dockside at Port Adelaide, it was opened to the public on the 13th of March 1986, in a ceremony attended by Queen Elizabeth II. The light had returned home.
The above text is from www.seasidelights.com.au
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