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Pencarrow to Baring Head — Function Outlives Structure

Station, tower, equipment, and navigational-function transfer across New Zealand's first permanent lighthouse

How did Pencarrow's navigational role continue when Baring Head took over the approach light?

This route separates Pencarrow station, its cast-iron tower, and its Chance Brothers lens, then follows the governed navigational-function transfer to Baring Head — not a physical relocation of the optic or tower.

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Story path

Guided stages with identity-layer-friendly language.

    The continuing station identity includes its cast-iron tower structure.

    The Chance Brothers lens served the Pencarrow station from 1859.

    Baring Head inherited the navigational role, not the physical identity of Pencarrow.

    The full narrative is explored in the related Heritage Journey.

    Sources and review notes are available in the Journey Research workspace.

Research path

Same nodes and edges with canonical IDs, relation IDs, and review state.

    installed_at relation from tower asset to Pencarrow station place; structure distinct from station layer.

    Transition code
    station_continues_through_structure
    Relation IDs
    HERITAGE-REL-000114
    Evidence state
    accepted

    installed_at relation from root lens to Pencarrow station; equipment distinct from tower.

    Transition code
    installed_at_station
    Relation IDs
    HERITAGE-REL-000106
    Evidence state
    accepted

    navigation_function_transferred_to relation from lens to Baring Head station; not physical relocation.

    Transition code
    navigation_function_transferred
    Relation IDs
    HERITAGE-REL-000109
    Evidence state
    accepted

    Journey record pencarrow-head represents the authored narrative for this station and function chain.

    Transition code
    represented_by_heritage_journey
    Relation IDs
    Journey membership / evidence context
    Evidence state
    accepted

    Evidence context links to Journey sources without duplicating canonical claims.

    Transition code
    supported_by_evidence
    Relation IDs
    Journey membership / evidence context
    Evidence state
    accepted

Open uncertainty

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