H. R. CARLETON. 

 COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES.— Continued. 



CXIII. 



DESCRIPTION OF BUILDINGS. 



Tower. 



Quarters. 



on 1st floor of tower opening on to same. A 

 margin of concrete paving, 6 feet wide, is put 

 all round the outside of the building, and an 

 underground rain water tank of 3,000 galls. 

 capacity, with pump, &c, is provided for the 

 use of the workroom, &c. A timber wharf and 

 storeroom are also provided at the landing 

 place. 



Situated on the north point of entrance. 



Situated on the hill above Blowhole Eock. The 

 tower is 38 feet high from ground to floor of 

 lantern, divided into 3 storeys, with wood floors 

 and iron ladders Circular on plan, 5| feet 

 diameter inside, with brick walls 2J feet thick 

 at the bottom, battering to 1£ brick thick at top, 

 10 £ feet diameter externally at base, tapering to 

 8£ feet diameter at top, having a gallery of 

 dressed freestone round lantern,, with iron 

 railing. The foundations of tower are of 

 concrete. Gas laid on from town supply. 



Situated on end of breakwater. The tower is 

 37 feet high from the ground to the floor of 

 lantern, constructed throughout of iron, circular 

 on plan, 13 k feet diameter at foot, diminishing 

 by a concave batter to 8 feet diameter at top ; 

 divided into 3 storeys, with wood floors, con- 

 nected by iron ladders, the bottom one being on 

 the outside, giving entrance to the tower on the 

 1st floor. The lantern has an outer gallery of 

 iron, with iron railing. The foot of tower 

 stands on a base of dressed stonework, and is 

 fastened to the ground by 12 wrought iron 

 anchor rods, each 2 inches diameter and 12 feet 

 long, having large washer plates ; the whole 

 buried in a mass of concrete 12 feet deep. 



Situated on South Head of Port Jackson Taken 

 down in 1883. The tower was 58 feet high 

 from ground to floor of lantern, divided into 3 

 stories, the lower floor being domed over with 

 brickwork, and utilised as an oil store. Circular 

 on plan, 11 feet diameter inside, built of dressed 



Quarters are provided for 1 keeper, containing 

 4 rooms and out offices. The walls are built of 

 brickwork, cemented outside, and plastered 

 inside, on concrete foundations, and roofed with 

 galvanized corrugated iron. Verandah on one 

 front. An underground rain water tank, of 

 6,000 galls, capacity, is provided. 



No quarters provided. 



Quarters were provided for 2 keepers in 2 wings, 

 each about 24 feet square, one on either side of 

 tower and attached to same. These wings 

 being 2 stories high, with 1 room on each floor, 

 ani entrance lobbies, staircases, landings, &c. 

 The bedrooms on upper floor were surmounted 



