{"id":2596,"date":"2018-12-30T11:40:11","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T03:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/?p=2596"},"modified":"2023-04-17T13:22:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T05:22:44","slug":"fremantle-2-moles-not-molls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/?p=2596","title":{"rendered":"Fremantle &#8211; 2 Moles (not molls)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>C. Y. O&#8217;Connor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8211; Charles Yelverton O&#8217;Connor CMG (11 January 1843 \u2013 10 March 1902) was an Irish engineer who is best known for his work in Western Australia, <!--more-->especially the construction of Fremantle Harbour, thought to be impossible, and the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme. (<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/adb.anu.edu.au\/biography\/oconnor-charles-yelverton-7874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>click for external link<\/em><\/a> &#8211; new tab<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2598\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PC300406.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2598 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PC300406-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PC300406-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PC300406.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2018 &#8211; 12 30 &#8211; December 30th &#8211; Fremantle North Mole Lighthouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2599\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2599\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PC300450.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2599 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PC300450-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PC300450-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/PC300450.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2018 &#8211; 12 30 &#8211; December 30th &#8211; Fremantle South Mole Lighthouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>North Mole Head (RED)<\/strong><br \/>\nDesigner: C. Y. O&#8217;Connor<br \/>\nFirst Lit:1906<br \/>\nTower structure: Cast iron &#8211; painted red<br \/>\nTower Height: 15m<br \/>\nRange: 11 miles<br \/>\nIlluminating apparatus: fixed red light<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>South Mole Head (GREEN)<\/strong><br \/>\nDesigner: C. Y. O&#8217;Connor<br \/>\nFirst Lit: July 20th 1903<br \/>\nTower structure :Cast iron &#8211; painted green with classical details<br \/>\nTower Height: 15m<br \/>\nRange: 11miles<br \/>\nIlluminating apparatus: fixed green light<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>C. Y. O&#8217;Connor &#8211; Charles Yelverton O&#8217;Connor CMG (11 January 1843 \u2013 10 March 1902) was an Irish engineer who is best known for his work in Western Australia,<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/?p=2596\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[409,13],"tags":[14,131,146],"class_list":["entry","author-admin","has-more-link","post-2596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-archive","category-4s","tag-fremantle","tag-freo","tag-mole"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2596"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2708,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2596\/revisions\/2708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freolongblack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}