Lighthouses of the Baltic Sea

Leuchttürme Ostsee
Lighthouses of the Baltic Sea

 

 

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The Seals of Mount Desert Rock

 

The Seals of Mount Desert Rock

1847 (Alexander Parris); station established 1830. Active; focal plane 75 ft (23 m); white flash every 15 s. 58 ft (17.5 m) round old-style granite tower (raised 10 ft (3 m) in 1857) with lantern and gallery; solar-powered VRB-25 aerobeacon (1993). Tower unpainted; lantern painted black. Fog horn (2 blasts every 30 s) operates continuously. Replica lantern (1985). NOAA C-MAN automatic weather station. 1-1/2 story wood keeper’s quarters (1893). A photo is at right, Anderson has a goodpage for the lighthouse, Lighthouse Digest has information on the history of the light station and a feature article on the difficulties of life there, Marinas.com has aerial photos, and Huelse has a historic postcard view, but the skerry is only a blur in Bing’s satellite view. A remarkable and historic site and one of the most isolated and exposed light stations of the U.S. Atlantic coast. The lighthouse is one of three waveswept towers designed by the architect Alexander Parris. The station was transferred to the College of the Atlantic in 1998 under the Maine Lights program. The keeper’s house is in use as an ecology research facility known as the Edward McC. Blair Marine Research Station. The college replaced the roof of the keeper’s house in 2000. In 2001, the generator house was expanded by the addition of a second floor; the first floor is now a marine lab and the second floor is a classroom. In August 2009, Hurricane Bill damaged several of the buildings and nearly destroyed the boathouse; the lighthouse was not damaged. The station is known especially for finback and humpback whale research. Located on a bare rocky island south of Frenchboro. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed. Operator: U.S. Coast Guard. Owner: College of the Atlantic. Site manager: Island Research Center. This is the very first lighthouse in the USCG Light List, ARLHS USA-516; Admiralty J0048; USCG 1-0005.  –The Lighthouse Directory

New England Lighthouse Travel Poster Collection

New England Lighthouse Travel Poster Collection
by Allen Claude

Portland Head Light – Maine
Cape Neddick ‘Nubble’ Light – Maine
Bast Harbor Head Light – Maine
Highland Cape Cod Light – Massachusetts
Rockland Breakwater Light – Maine
Edgartown Light – Massachusetts

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Kasaragod Lighthouse

 

Kasaragod Lighthouse
India

 Kasaragod 1984. Active; focal plane 36 m (118 ft); three white flashes every 20 s. 30 m (98 ft) octagonal concrete tower with lantern and gallery, painted with black and white horizontal bands. Wikimedia has a 2012 photo, and Google has a satellite view. Located just behind the beach at Kasaragod, the northernmost city of Kerala. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS IND-090; Admiralty F0668.5; NGA 27680. -The Lighthouse Directory

Pilsum Lighthouse

 

Pilsum Lighthouse
Germany

 Pilsum1891. Reactivated (inactive 1915-2005, now privately maintained and unofficial); light pattern unknown. 11 m (36 ft) round cylindrical cast iron tower with a conical roof. No lantern; the light was displayed through a window at the top of the tower. Lighthouse painted with red and yellow horizontal bands. Werning has a good page for the light, a fine closeup is available, and Google has a satellite view. The lighthouse was built to display a directional light and became obsolete when a shorter channel was cut south of Borkum Island. Maintained between the World Wars as a daybeacon, the lighthouse was effectively abandoned at the start of World War II and became a rusted wreck by the 1960s. In 1973 the exterior was restored and painted with its present colorful pattern (originally the lighthouse was all red, later red in the lower 2/3 and yellow above). Another restoration in 1984 included replacement of the roof and ventilator ball. A complete restoration, inside and out, was carried out in 1997-98. In early 2005, the lighthouse was reactivated with a new 60 cm (24 in) lens. Located on a dike at the eastern entrance to the Ems, about 10 km (6 mi) north of Campen. Accessible by the coastal road. Site open, tower open for tours on selected Sundays. Site manager: Diechacht Krummhörn. ARLHS FED-018. -The Lighthouse Directory

Alleppey Lighthouse

 

Alleppey Lighthouse
Alappuzha District, India

 Alleppey (Alappuzha)1862. Active; focal plane 33 m (108 ft); white flash every 15 s. 28 m (92 ft) round masonry tower with lantern and gallery, painted with red and white horizontal bands. Rakesh Barua’s photo is above, John Alex also has a good photo, a good 2007 photoand another photo are available, and Google has a satellite view. This historic lighthouse has a rare teak spiral stairway. It was painted all white for many years; the red bands were added in 2000. The 150th anniversary of the lighthouse was celebrated in 2012. Located just of the beach in Alleppey (now usually called Alappuzha). Site open, tower open in late afternoon daily. ARLHS IND-071; Admiralty F0706; NGA 27516. – The Lighthouse Directory

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Chicago Harbor Lighthouse

 

Chicago Harbor Lighthouse
Built in 1893, the Chcago Harbor Lighthouse is the only surviving lighthouse in Chicago and one fo the only tow remaining in illinois.  The lighthouse symbolically marks the Chicago harbor and its maritime transportation.  Itt was renovated and moved to its present location along Chicago’s shore line, just east of Navy Pier in 1917,  A sculpture, The Spirit of the Waters, located near City Hall, commemorates the importance of the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse.

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Chicago Harbor1893 (relocated to the breakwater in 1919). Active; focal plane 82 ft (25 m); red flash every 5 s. 48 ft (14.5 m) round cast iron tower with lantern and gallery, sandwiched between two 1-story buildings (a fog signal building and a boathouse). Lighthouse painted white, lantern roof black; the building roofs are red. The original 3rd order Fresnel lens, exhibited at the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893, is still in use. Keeper’s quarters incorporated in the tower. Pat and Ellen Prather’s photo is at the top of this page, a fine 2007 photo is available, Anderson has an excellent page with good photos, Schultheiss has an excellent photo by Dave Wobser, Marinas.com has aerial photos, and Google has a satellite view. A unique lighthouse: its design is similar to that of the offshore sparkplug towers, but this tower is taller. The lighthouse was originally built at the Chicago River entrance, where it replaced a lighthouse in service 1832-1852; the fog signal building and boathouse were added during relocation. The tower was restored by the Coast Guard in 1997. In 2005 the lighthouse became available for transfer under NHLPA. The City of Chicago applied for ownership, and after an unusually long period of consideration the Interior Department approved that application in February 2009. Located at the south end of the north harbor breakwater, about 1 km (0.6 mi) east of the Southeast Guidewall Light. There are good views from the Navy Pier or from harbor sightseeing cruises; the lighthouse can be seen distantly from many places on the Chicago lakefront. Site and tower closed. Owner/site manager: U.S. Coast Guard. ARLHS USA-171; USCG 7-19960. – Lighthouse Directory

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