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==The first light==
Dredging of the first channel through the Brisbane River and into the Brisbane Port began in 1862. Though the path was originally planned by Lieutenant [[George Poynter Heath]], [[Royal Navy|RN]], who was then appointed marine surveyor and was later to be appointed the portmaster for Queensland, the path was later changed as the superintendent of the dredge, Thomas Francis, located what he believed to be a better path. After much debate and a select committee of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, it was decided to continue with the path suggested by Francis. The dredging of the channel
As the new channel was cut, a light was required to replace the 40-year-old [[Lightvessel|lightship]] ''Rose'', which was not suitable to be used at the exposed end of the new channel.<ref>McLeod, G Roderick (1990). "Some aspects of the History of the Brisbane River". In Peter Davie, Errol Stock, Darryl Low Choy (Ed.), ''The Brisbane River: a source-book for the future'', Australian Littoral Society in association with the [[Queensland Museum]]</ref> The light was erected at {{coord|27|19|28|S|153|10|12|E|display=inline}}<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Lighthouses of Australia Inc Bulletin|title=American bomber that crashed near the Moreton Bay Pile Light|url=http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lights/Bulletin/0302/Bulletin%20Feb%2003.htm#Destruction|date=February 2003|issue=1|access-date=19 March 2011|archive-date=1 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110301200227/http://www.lighthouse.net.au/Lights/Bulletin/0302/Bulletin%20Feb%2003.htm#Destruction|url-status=dead}}</ref> together with signal and telegraph station by government staff. The structure was designed by Heath. It was hexagonal in form, containing six rooms of equal dimensions housing three persons, and had a total height of {{convert|98|ft}}.<ref name=Courier>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3432526|newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]]|date=29 July 1884|title=The new Pile Lighthouse}}</ref> The seven piles supporting the structure, one at each point and one at the middle, were made of [[wrought iron]], {{Convert|5.5|in}} diameter, with {{Convert|4|in}} screws. They were screwed {{convert|24|ft}} in the mud, in water which was {{convert|16|ft}} at low tide and {{convert|23|ft}} at high tide.<ref name=Port>{{cite journal|journal=Royal Historical Society of Queensland Journal|title=Development of the Port of Brisbane|volume=4|issue=5|date=December 1952|pages=667–686|author=E. V. Stevens |url=http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv/UQ:212991/s18378366_1952_4_5_667.pdf}}</ref>
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