| Green Point Lighthouse (KwaZulu-Natal) Clansthal | |
| Location: | Clansthal KwaZulu-Natal South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -30.2491°N 30.7773°W |
| Yearbuilt: | 1905 |
| Construction: | cast iron tower |
| Shape: | tapered cylindrical tower with double balcony and lantern |
| Marking: | tower with red and white bands, white lantern |
| Height: | 21m (69feet) |
| Focalheight: | 85m (279feet) |
| Lens: | Fresnel lens |
The Green Point Lighthouse is a provincial heritage site in Clansthal in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa.
In 1995 it was described in the Government Gazette as an "unusual cast-iron structure, erected in 1905, [...] the oldest lighthouse on the KwaZulu-Natal coast."[1]
| from | until | years | name | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1895-10-16 | 1904 | ~8 | C G Johnson--> | |
| 1905 | ~1918 | ~13 | C G Johnson | |
| 1918-10 | E D Bayes | |||
| 1921-03-31 | J R Clingen | |||
| 1926-03-31 | 1929-03-31 | 3 | D Hurley | |
| 1930-03-31 | 1939-07-05 | 9 | C H Cornish | |
| 1941-03-31 | 1948-09-20 | 7 | T McInerney | |
| 1948-09-15 | 1952-10-26 | 4 | E L Andreason | |
| 1953 | 1956 | ~3 | J C Addison | |
| 1956-01-06 | 1956-12-05 | 0 | H H Hews | |
| 1957-01-12 | 1960-01-18 | 3 | W A Hews | |
| 1960-01-18 | 1963-02 | 3 | F C Miller | |
| 1961-11-28 | converted to automatic operation |
