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in 1894, granted a 99-year lease in 1899, and run with varying degrees of success until 1900, when the club lapsed. During this time the racecourse was kept in excellent condition, with the 3-furlong straights levelled over a width of 66 feet and planted with couch grass. It was watered by a windmill
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The facility continued to be used intermittently as a quarantine station until about 1979 when it closed. The buildings, including dormitories and administration buildings as well as the crematorium, were placed in the
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built in 1902, is located just beyond the eastern boundary of the reserve. The light is on a small hill to the east of
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The munitions bunkers, located in a munitions reserve east of the quarantine station, were actively used for that purpose until the 1980s when the facility was decommissioned and moved to
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