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Pencarrow Head cast-iron lighthouse tower kit

Supporting Heritage Journey asset for the Pencarrow Head story: the cast-iron lighthouse tower kit tendered to Messrs Cochrane and Company of Woodside Iron Works, Dudley, shipped to Wellington in packages and erected at Pencarrow Head before the 1 January 1859 lighting.

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Pencarrow Head

The first permanent light that became a heritage signal

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Identity role

  • Imported tower kitPencarrow Head

    Cochrane and Company cast-iron tower kit that makes the UK-built lighthouse origin visible alongside the Chance optic.

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  • Installed atPencarrow Head Lighthouse1858 – 1859accepted

    The Pencarrow Head tower kit arrived in Wellington in 480 packages in 1858, was transferred to Pencarrow Head, hauled up to the site, and was ready for the first lighting on 1 January 1859.

  • Manufactured byCochrane and Company, Woodside Iron Works, Dudley1857accepted

    The Pencarrow Head cast-iron tower kit was tendered to Messrs Cochrane and Company of Woodside Iron Works, Dudley, in 1857.

Timeline and Relations

  • manufactured by Cochrane and Company, Woodside Iron Works, Dudley1857

    The Pencarrow Head cast-iron tower kit was tendered to Messrs Cochrane and Company of Woodside Iron Works, Dudley, in 1857.

  • installed at Pencarrow Head Lighthouse1858 – 1859

    The Pencarrow Head tower kit arrived in Wellington in 480 packages in 1858, was transferred to Pencarrow Head, hauled up to the site, and was ready for the first lighting on 1 January 1859.

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"Pencarrow Head cast-iron lighthouse tower kit" · LUX-ASSET-000632 · © LUX143 · Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International · https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000632/

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LUX Light Archive, Heritage asset: "Pencarrow Head cast-iron lighthouse tower kit", LUX-ASSET-000632, https://light.lux143.org/heritage-assets/LUX-ASSET-000632/, accessed 2026-07-08, archive v0.24.86.