H. R. CARLETON. 



COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES.— Continued. 



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DESCRIPTION OF BUILDINGS. 



Tower. 



Situated on south side of entrance to Port 

 Stephens. The tower is 52 feet high from 

 ground to floor of lantern. Circular on plan, 

 10 feet diameter inside, divided into 4 stories. 

 All floors and interval stairs are of iron. The 

 lower floor is utilized as an oil store, the tower 

 itself being entered by a flight of stone steps, 

 landing at 1st floor level. The walls are built 

 of sandstone imported from Sydney, dressed 

 both sides. They are 6 feet thick at the ground 

 line, diminishing by a concave batter to 2 feet 

 thick at the top. The gallery round the lantern 

 is of stone, guarded by an iron railing. The 

 walls are carried up 4^ feet above the lantern 

 floor, and upon this is set the metal framework 

 for glass. 



The tower is an octagonal structure, 11 feet 

 internal diameter, 1 storey in height, attached 

 to the keeper's residence, and entered from the 

 verandah of same. The walls are built of brick 

 in cement, 14 inches thick, cemented outside and 

 in. The room is vaulted with coke concrete 

 9 inches thick, over which is the pointed timber 

 roof framing, covered with galvanized iron, and 

 with the copper ventilating cowl for lamps in 

 the centre. Present structure erected 1876, 

 originally of wood. 



Situated on Sugarloaf Point. The tower is 

 22 feet high from ground to floor of lantern 

 room. Circular on plan, 11 feet diameter inside, 

 divided into 2 storeys The lower floor is used 

 as an oil store. A flight of external bluestone 

 steps with gun-metal railing leads from the 

 ground to the first floor level, at which point the 

 light tower is entered, a flight of iron stairs 

 leading up to the lantern. The floor of the 

 lantern room is of iron. The 1st floor over oil 

 store is of concrete, it and the oil store being 

 paved with asphalt. The walls are built of 

 sandstone, imported from Sydney, dressed both 

 sides. They are 2 feet 9 inches thick at the base, 

 tapering to 2 feet at the top. The outer gallery 

 round lantern is of bluestone, with gun-metal 

 railing. A ring fence wall of stone, 4 feet high, 

 with gate, is placed round the tower, leaving a 



Quarters. 



Quarters are provided for the head keeper and 

 assistant keepers, in a terrace of 3 one storied 

 cottages, the head keeper having 4 rooms, and 

 the others 3 rooms each, all with kitchens, 

 storerooms, &c. The walls are built of dressed 

 Sydney stone, plastered inside. The roofs are 

 covered with slates. A wide verandah is put all 

 round the terrace. Two underground rain- 

 water tanks, each of 7,650 galls, capacity, are 

 provided, also a stable, and a boatshed with slip. 



Quarters are provided for 1 keeper in a one-storied 

 cottage, containing 4 rooms, with kitchen, and 

 with verandah on 3 sides. The walls are built 

 of brickwork, cemented outside and plastered 

 inside. The roof is covered with galvanized 

 corrugated iron. An underground rain-water 

 tank, of 6,000 galls, capacity, is provided. 

 Erected in 1875. 



Quarters are provided for the head keeper in a 

 detached cottage, containing 5 rooms with 

 kitchen, storerooms, &c ; and for 2 assistant 

 keepers in 2 semi-detached cottages, each 

 containing 3 rooms, with kitchen, storerooms, 

 &c. The walls are of sandstone, imported from 

 Sydney, dressed on the outside and plastered 

 inside, on local stone rubble foundations. The 

 roofs are covered with galvanized iron. Wide 

 verandahs are put all round the houses. 

 Underground rain-water tanks are provided to 

 each house, that for the head keeper containing 

 6,750 galls., and the others 4,725 galls, each. 

 The sites for quarters have been excavated out 

 of the hillside, heavy retaining walls being 

 erected at the back and sides of excavations, 

 and to the pathway to lighthouse. 



