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This is a
picture of the lighthouse of Akaroa located on the Banks
Peninsula New Zealand. The construction of the lighthouse
started in April 1878. The road which brings to the Akaroa
lighthouse took around ten months to be finished. The first
light lit was in January 1880. The Akaroa lighthouse is situated
two hundred seventy feet above sea level, it can be seen for
twenty three miles and the tower has a height of twenty eight
feet. During the year 1935 a powered generator with kerosene has
been installed. There were two keepers for the lighthouse and
they also needed to report the weather forecast four times per
day to the New Zealand Meteorological Service. This task was
done between 1907 and 1977 and there have been over eighty
thousand reports which have been sent during these seventy
years. The lighthouse of Akaroa has a white colour with red
doors. The Akaroa lighthouse makes part of the Akaroa Lighthouse
preservation society. The little town of Akaroa attracts a large
number of visitors and is a fabulous city to spend relaxed
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