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Alterations to the light
Image unavailable in extracted textMajor alterations made to the Cape Byron Light are listed below:
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin-left:6.15pt; border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:22.55pt"><td rowspan="2" style="width:79.35pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:6.15pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#ffffff">Date</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:6.5pt; margin-left:3.95pt; font-size:9pt"><span>31 Jul 1905</span></p></td><td style="width:150.2pt; vertical-align:top; background-color:#4c7ba8"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:6.15pt; margin-left:5.8pt; font-size:9pt"><span style="font-weight:bold; color:#ffffff">Alteration</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:33.75pt"><td style="width:149.45pt; border-right:0.75pt solid #0b679b; border-left:0.75pt solid #0b679b; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top; background-color:#eff9fe"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:6.7pt; margin-left:4pt; line-height:10.15pt"><span style="font-size:9pt">Occulting mechanism removed –</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:4pt; line-height:10.15pt"><span style="font-size:9pt">light’s character altered.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:39.4pt"><td style="width:78.6pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:0.15pt; margin-left:0pt; font-size:12.5pt"><span></span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:3.95pt; font-size:9pt"><span>24 Mar 1914</span></p></td><td style="width:149.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top; background-color:#eff9fe"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:4.8pt; margin-right:3.8pt; margin-left:4pt; line-height:97%; font-size:9pt"><span>6-wick burner removed, 55 mm IOV kerosene-powered light installed.</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:4pt; line-height:10pt"><a id="_.9_Summary_of_current_and_former_uses"></a><a id="_bookmark15"></a><span style="font-size:9pt">Intensity: 545,000 candlepower.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:39.4pt"><td style="width:78.6pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:0.15pt; margin-left:0pt; font-size:12.5pt"><span></span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:3.95pt; font-size:9pt"><span>Aug 1922</span></p></td><td style="width:149.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top; background-color:#eff9fe"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:4.55pt; margin-left:4pt; line-height:10.15pt"><span style="font-size:9pt">3 x 55 mm incandescent kerosene</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:4pt; line-height:10pt"><span style="font-size:9pt">burner installed.</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:4pt; line-height:10.15pt"><span style="font-size:9pt">Intensity: 1,000,000 candlepower.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:39.4pt"><td style="width:78.6pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:0.15pt; margin-left:0pt; font-size:12.5pt"><span></span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:3.95pt; font-size:9pt"><span>28 Aug 1959</span></p></td><td style="width:149.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top; background-color:#eff9fe"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:4.8pt; margin-right:13.35pt; margin-left:4pt; line-height:97%; font-size:9pt"><span>Light converted from kerosene to electricity.</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:4pt; line-height:10pt"><span style="font-size:9pt">Intensity: 3,000,000 candlepower.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:39.4pt"><td style="width:78.6pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:0.15pt; margin-left:0pt; font-size:12.5pt"><span></span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:3.95pt; font-size:9pt"><span>Prior to 1974</span></p></td><td style="width:149.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top; background-color:#eff9fe"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:4.55pt; margin-left:4pt; line-height:10.15pt"><span style="font-size:9pt">100V 2250W Tungsten halogen</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:4pt; line-height:10pt"><span style="font-size:9pt">globe installed.</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:4pt; line-height:10.15pt"><span style="font-size:9pt">Intensity: 2,200,000 candlepower.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:25.25pt"><td style="width:78.6pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:7.45pt; margin-left:3.95pt; font-size:9pt"><span>1985</span></p></td><td style="width:149.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top; background-color:#eff9fe"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:7.45pt; margin-left:4pt; font-size:9pt"><span>Direct-drive motor installed.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:59.25pt"><td style="width:78.6pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:0.3pt; margin-left:0pt"><span></span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:3.95pt; font-size:9pt"><span>10 Dec 1986</span></p></td><td style="width:149.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top; background-color:#eff9fe"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:4.7pt; margin-right:8.25pt; margin-left:4pt; line-height:97%; font-size:9pt"><span>Lighthouse fully automated. Chance Bros 185 millimetres drum lens (auxiliary) replaced by a Tideland ML-300 plastic lens (600 candlepower).</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:25.25pt"><td style="width:78.6pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:7.45pt; margin-left:3.95pt; font-size:9pt"><span>1989</span></p></td><td style="width:149.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top; background-color:#eff9fe"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:7.45pt; margin-left:4pt; font-size:9pt"><span>Lighthouse de-manned.</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:33.75pt"><td style="width:78.6pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:0.2pt; margin-left:0pt; font-size:10pt"><span></span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:3.95pt; font-size:9pt"><span>2015</span></p></td><td style="width:149.45pt; border:0.75pt solid #0b679b; vertical-align:top; background-color:#eff9fe"><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-top:6.7pt; margin-left:4pt; line-height:10.15pt"><span style="font-size:9pt">Light source changed to Sealite</span></p><p class="TableParagraph" style="margin-left:4pt; line-height:10.15pt"><span style="font-size:9pt">Light-emitting diode (LED).</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>