Tuesday, December 5, 2017

The Bluff lighthouse and Signal Station, Durban





The Bluff Lighthouse and Signal Station, with keepers' and signallers' quarters.
Ca 1890s/early 1900s. Definitely prior to the addition of the ugly concrete casing
added to 'strengthen' the lighthouse in 1935.



Senior Lightkeepers

1867 - 1880              T A Gadsden (Assisted by D Bell in the 1870s)
1885                          Moffat
1898                          J Stephenson
1.7.1898                    B Shortt
1918                          G Johnson
1922                          L R P Daly
1927 - 1933              T F Addison
1938                          G A Orchard
20.1.1941 - 1.4.1942 A Gray

Lightkeepers

27.7.1889 - 30.6.1898 F B Shortt
1.7.1898                     John Murphy
18.8.1931 - 16.7.1934 A Spring
16.7.1934 - 1.3.1941   E L Andreason                                              


2 comments:

Unknown said...

Hello
There is no mention of Captain Goulding, who was allegedly signalman on the Bluff at the turn of the century, early 1900s. Was he there?

Unknown said...

The author of the previous comment is Norah Louise Huyzers, nee Goulding.