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West Channel Pile Light

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Year first lit
  
1881

Construction
  
wooden tower

Height
  
11 m

Focal height
  
11 m

Foundation
  
wooden piles

Markings / pattern
  
white lighthouse

Opened
  
1881

Year first constructed
  
1881

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Location
  
Port Phillip Victoria Australia

Tower shape
  
1-story octagonal prism keeper's quarter with balcony around and lantern on the roof

Similar
  
Port Phillip, South Channel Pile Light, Queenscliff High Light, South Channel Fort, Point Lonsdale Lighthouse

The West Channel Pile Light is an active two-storey octagonal lighthouse in Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia. It was built in 1881, replacing a lightship installed in 1854, to mark the north-east end of the West Sand. The site is listed in the Victorian Heritage Register.

References

West Channel Pile Light Wikipedia