Seaworks

Good morning Melbourne

50 Years Ago: Wednesday, 23 June 1976:

Morning: Crews from Ports & Harbours and shipwrights salvaged the historic lantern and dome from the top of the tower.

11:00 AM: The remaining structure was doused in kerosene and deliberately set on fire. The intense blaze destroyed the timber keeper’s quarters and iron framework in roughly 20 minutes

📸: Laurie Dilks

Tuesday, 22 June 1976: The Harbour Master deemed the listing structure far too unstable and dangerous for repair crews to board. The decision was made by Ports & Harbours to destroy the ruin to prevent it from collapsing into the shipping channel.

50 Years Ago: Monday, 21 June 1976: At dawn in thick fog, the 7,000-tonne cargo vessel Melbourne Trader collided with the pile light. The impact snapped the iron bark and steel piles at the waterline, pushing the structure 7 metres sideways and leaving it at a precarious 30-degree lean with lower decks submerged

MEMORIAL -
GEOFFREY DOUGALL
Family and friends are warmly invited to attend a memorial celebrating the life of Geoffrey Dougall at Seaworks on 25 June from 1:00 pm.

What an awesome night at the Seaworks Winter Solstice

Doors are open. Come on in