Lighthouses of the world

[DaveMcK]

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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Little Sable Point Lighthouse

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Big Sable Point Lighthouse

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Big Sable Point circa 1867. On Lake Michigan in Ludington Michigan. It is an active aid to navigation and climbable when open.

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"Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, New Harbor, ME USA

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Belle tount Lighthouse

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Ocracoke Lighthouse North Carolina

Posted by Brenda Hunter 

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Currituck Beach Lighthouse Outer Banks NC!

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Drone footage,this time over the Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.!!

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Peaceful and can feel the calm!

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Foggy morning today at Yaquina Head Lighthouse - Newport, Oregon!
We visited this lighthouse in the Fall of 2009.

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I love seeing the keeper’s houses.  I would imagine many lighthouses are automated now?  

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Old Mackinaw Point Lighthouse in Mackinaw City, Michigan. Located on the shore of Lake Michigan near the south end of the Mackinac Bridge.

© Photo was taken by David K. Powell, June 2016.

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Grand Haven South Pier & Lighthouses....Michigan....U.S.A..
Established in 1839, two lights on the south pier, both painted red, are connected by a lighted catwalk that also connects them to the shore and the Grand Haven Boardwalk. The inner light is cylindrical, and the foghouse outer light stands on a huge concrete foundation. People often enjoy a stroll along the boardwalk that borders the Grand River channel and the pier, making the Grand Haven lighthouses one of the most photographed lighthouses in the Midwest. The Grand Haven pier is also a popular spot for fishing and catching the sunset.
Photo credit: ChrissLonske📸

[SereneSeagull]

Can feel the chill of that water slap right there!

[DaveMcK]

There's a lighthouse in Iceland that sits on the highest of three rocks six miles off the Icelandic coastline, built in 1939 on top of an extremely steep and dangerous rocky cliff. It's the the Þrídrangar lighthouse.

[SereneSeagull]

Absolutely breathtaking!

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Cana Island Lighthouse
Baileys Harbor Wisconsin

I saw this lighthouse a couple of times  and climbed it once

[SereneSeagull]

Oh wow, the light beams.  Gorgeous 

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Affectionately known as Bug Light, for its diminutive 24-foot tower, this is the Portland Breakwater Lighthouse in South Portland, Maine. Built in 1875, it is a replica of the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, located near the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

[SereneSeagull]

Saw that one!  It was beautiful in the mornings! 

[DaveMcK]

Fading sunset at Kincardine Harbor Light, Ontario, Canada on Lake Huron. Still an active aid to navigation, the structure is maintained by the Kincardine Yacht Club which maintains a small maritime museum inside that is open to the public. - Photo submitted by Davis Bannister

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Pemaquid Point Lighthouse

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Cape Lookout Lighthouse in North Carolina.

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Sheboygan breakwater lighthouse I visited in 2006.

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Pemaquid Point Lighthouse during sunrise in New Harbor, Maine, USA.

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Tybee. Island Light Station, Georgia.

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Beacon on the Rocky Coast

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David McKeith - St Simons Island Light Station, it's in Georgia

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Scituate Lighthouse in Scituate, Massachusetts.

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St Mary's Lighthouse is on the tiny St Mary's (or Bait) Island, just north of Whitley Bay on the coast of North East England. The small rocky tidal island is linked to the mainland by a short concrete causeway which is submerged at high tide.
Constructed 1898
Automated 1982
Height 46 metres (151 ft)
Deactivated 1984
Photo credit: captured by hurley📸