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Date: 1862-1864 Type: Lighthouse Status: Extant   Click to view map Coordinates: 34°11'09.77" S 22°09'22.92" E Alt: 38m

Built by John GOODMAN (Holberman 2011:46). Although extensive plans were locally made in 1860 to extend the harbour at Mossel Bay, and while the British Colonial Government was approached for funds, they were financially stretched by the Eastern Frontier Wars, hence either unable or unwilling to comply. The local governance, undeterred, used an ordnance whereby funds could be raised through wharf duties for harbour improvements. Categorizing the lighthouse as such, they proceeded to get approval for apportioning these funds so raised for the construction of the lighthouse. The foundation stone was laid by Governor Wodehouse in 1862 while on a tour of duty to the eastern front (Williams 1993:53). Books and articles that reference Lighthouse, Cape St Blaize Fransen, Hans. 2004. The old buildings of the Cape. A survey of extant architecture from before c1910 in the area of Cape Town - Calvinia - Colesberg - Uitenhage. Johannesburg & Cape Town: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pg 482 Hoberman, Gerald. 2011. Lighthouses of South Africa : pocket edition. Cape Town - London - New York: The Gerald & Marc Hoberman Collection. pg 44-47 Williams, Harold. 1993. Southern Lights : Lighthouses of Southern Africa. Cape Town: William Waterman Publications. pg 52-55