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Albany Historical Society Inc > Records

THE LANDING, BREAKSEA ISLAND, c1960.

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c. 1960

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A black and white photographic image of the landing on Breaksea Island, constructed in 1901 to facilitate the building of the replacement granite lighthouse tower in 1901-1902. This image taken some time in the late 1950s.

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cwa-org-51-P1989.54

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Captioned on the back in pen: The landing Breaksea Island off Albany. To Land one grabs the chain hanging from the pile, waits for the boat to lift on the swell & then jump.
Captioned in pencil: DAY

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-35.06089887695, 118.04612074354

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BREAKSEA ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE, 1902 (1.1km away)

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Friday, 24 January, 2025

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