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Lighthouses of the world

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 

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Farne Islands Lighthouse. Close to where Grace Darling and her father carried out their brave shipwreck sailors rescue. Just off the Northeast coastline of England

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Diamond Head Lighthouse 1899, Hanolulu.

We took a  tour of the Hawaiin Islands.

Because of the timing of our tour ship course I was not able to visit this lighthouse.

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Europe Point Lighthouse

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Awesome to see a Helicopter land on the Needles Lighthouse today on this British lighthouse.

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I took this photo in 2017. Killantringan Lighthouse is located near Portpatrick in Dumfries and Galloway, south-west Scotland. The light came into operation in 1900, and served as a waypoint in the North Channel of the Irish Sea.

Photos by David Neilsen 

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Bus Days out to Big Sable Point Lighthouse

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Northpoint lighthouse...Milwaukee, WI is one of my favorite lighthouses which I was able to see and climb the stairs and see the great view.

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Happy Independence Day. This is the Thirty Mile Point Lighthouse in Barker, New York on Lake Ontario. Posted by David Russell

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Some folks were up on top of the south tower at the Thacher Island twin lights yesterday in Rockport Ma.

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Little Sable point Lighthouse, Mears, Michigan

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Point Abino Lighthouse, Canada

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A.L.🗼🗼Akrotiri Lighthouse is a 19th-century lighthouse on the Greek island of Santorini. The lighthouse was built by a French company in 1892, making the lighthouse one of the oldest in Greece. The lighthouse ceased operating during World War II. The Greek Navy recommissioned the lighthouse in 1945. The lighthouse is famed for its sunset views.🌅🇬🇷Photo credit: Nek Zan

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Sheringham point lighthouse

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Papriano lighthouse , Corsica , Italy 🇮🇹

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Makapuʻu Point (also Makapuu Point) is the easternmost point on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu, located in the Makapuʻu region. Twelve miles east of Honolulu, it is a popular hiking spot, offering great views of Makapuʻu and Waimanalo Bay on one side and the Ka ʻIwi Channel on the other side. It is the home of the Makapuʻu Point Light, which was established in 1909; the light was automated in 1974. The lighthouse contains one of the world's largest Fresnel lenses. According to Neal McHenry, the procedure to produce another 12-foot (3.7 m) high Hyper-Radiant Fresnel Lens is no longer known. The Light House is lit by a single 1000 watt 120 volt alternating current lamp. Should the first lamp burn out, a tangent lamp will automatically rotate into place. The light house and the area around it is owned by the U.S. Coast Guard.

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Calm reflection at Thunder Bay Island Light, MI on Lake Huron. This lighthouse is under the care of the non-profit group Thunder Bay Island Lighthouse Preservation Society - Photo courtesy of the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office 

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Lighthouse on the Dunes at Sunset

 

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The beautiful lighthouse at Portland Bill in Dorset UK

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An aerial look at our own, fully restored St. Helena Island Light, MI in the western Straits of Mackinac on Lake Michigan. Visit our website (www.gllka.org) for info on scheduling a visit. You'll be glad you did! - Photo by GLLKAWoody!

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Davaar island lighthouse off Campbeltown, Scotland. It was built in 1854, by the lighthouse engineers David and Thomas Stevenson. My photograph.David Russell 

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Wave-Swept Lighthouse in Brittany, France

The province of Brittany, in Northwestern France, forms a large peninsula that stretches out into the Atlantic Ocean.

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"Took this photo with a film camera in 1997. It is Start Point Lighthouse. The name “Start” derives from an Anglo-Saxon word steort, meaning a tail. Following countless shipping disasters and heavy loss of lives, the lighthouse flashed its warning for the first time in 1836."

Photo take by David C Neilsen

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Sunrise at the retired Cheboygan Crib Light, MI on Lake Huron which is located in Cheboygan's Gordon Turner Park. This diminutive light is open Thursday-Sunday during the summer season for tours provided by members of the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association manning the nearby Cheboygan River Front Range Light - Photo courtesy of Cheboygan Area Visitors Bureau

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Reflected majesty on a calm day at Rock of Ages Light, Isle Royale National Park, MI on Lake Su

perior. This lighthouse is currently being restored by the non-profit group Rock of Ages Lighthouse Preservation Society - Photo courtesy of Isle Royale National Park, National Park Service

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Awaiting the dawn of another day at Bass Harbor Head Light in Tremont, Maine.

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Vancouver Island, Lighthouse

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Jackson's Point Lighthouse 

In 2018, Council authorized staff to work with a local resident on a proposal to design and construct a lighthouse at Jackson’s Point Harbour to replace the previous day marker. The lighthouse is intended to celebrate the spirit of Jackson’s Point and the harbour as a destination on Lake Simcoe. Construction completed in 2020 and the lighthouse is now operational. 

The goal of the lighthouse is to provide improved safety to boaters approaching from Lake Simcoe, and commemorate a lasting impression and legacy to the people of Jackson’s Point, who invested in their community to make it a better place for generations to come.

Throughout 2018, Town staff worked to develop the concept for the lighthouse to ensure the structure would meet or exceed applicable standards.

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The Milwaukee Breakwater lighthouse was built in 1926 in the harbor of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin to mark the harbor entrance. 

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A.L.🗼🗼The Petit Minou Lighthouse (Phare du Petit Minou) is a lighthouse in the roadstead of Brest, standing in front of the Fort du Petit Minou, in the commune of Plouzané

. Finistère, France.
Constructed 1848
Automated 1989
Photo credit: Oliver.s bleddeneffekte.de📸

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One of the most haunted lighthouses on the Great Lakes? That's the claim. A handsome portrait of the fully restored Seul Choix Point Lighthouse Museum near Gulliver, MI on Lake Michigan - Photo courtesy of the Seul Choix Point Lighthouse Museum

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