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DaveMcK
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June 10, 2025

Lighthouses of the world

  • June 10, 2025
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There are over 20,000 functioning ligIhthouses around the world. I have seen about 75 of them  over the years. 

Many of them on the Pacific coast and the Great Lakes 

Sorry it took so long to set up this next topic!

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DaveMcK
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July 14, 2025

New Point Loma Lighthouse, San Diego, California: The "new" lighthouse was first lit in 1891.

We saw this lighthouse in 2009 from a boat tour while on a whale watch. We also visited the San Diego zoo. We ate downtown at a great Mexican restaurant.

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Among the West Coast's first lighthouses, with interactive exhibits & views of the San Diego bay. Old Point Loma  Lighthouse.

 

 

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July 15, 2025

Cape Brett Lighthouse, New Zealand.

The location of the lighthouse in the picture is at Cape Brett, Northland, New Zealand. More specifically, the lighthouse is located at the northern tip of the Cape Brett Peninsula (also known as Rākaumangamanga by the Māori), which juts out into the Pacific Ocean at the eastern end of the Bay of Islands. The lighthouse is accessible via the Cape Brett Walkway, a walking trail that begins at Oke Bay near Rāwhiti.

 

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LisaS961881
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July 15, 2025

   We hiked the Cape Brett walkway years ago.  It took about nine hours and then we water-taxied back.   It was breathtaking, and just as when walking the Grand Canyon, you can’t take a “bad” photo! 😇.   Every step you take, and everywhere you look - simply another exquisite vista!
      Thanks for the memory.

 

   ~ Lisa ☀️ ️ 🥾 

DaveMcK
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July 15, 2025

Mew Island Lighthouse, Northern Ireland 

 

 

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The Big Sable Point Light is a lighthouse on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan near Ludington in Mason County, Michigan, at the Ludington State Park. It is an active aid to navigation.
Built in 1867, the 112-foot (34 m) tower was originally made of yellow cream brick. The brick deteriorated and was thereafter covered with boiler plate in 1900.
Construction materials were brought up by ships. The first road to the site was not completed until 1933..Currently, the tower is painted white with a black watch tower and a black band around the middle of the tower. As shown in a historic post card, it was painted red and white at one time; later to become black and white.
The original lens was a third order Fresnel lens. It was removed in 1985, and is now on display at the Rose Hawley Museum at White Pine Village.
After the light was automated, the keeper's house was severely vandalized.
The site is the subject of constant erosion, so that keeping the foundation in place and the water away from undermining it has been a recurrent and expensive battle.
Photo therealchrispagan📷

 

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DaveMcK
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July 16, 2025

Looks like Lindau harbour in lake of Constance/ GE

 

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Old Mackinac Lighthouse in Mackinaw City, MI.

 

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WEST QUODDY LIGHT, MAINE, EASTERN MOST POINT IN THESE UNITED STATES

 

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West Quoddy head light in Lubec ,Maine

Better angle for this lighthouse.

 

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Vollendam , Holland

 

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