Murmansk Memorial Lighthouse

Murmansk Memorial Lighthouse
Kola Bay, Barents Sea
Lighthouses of Russia, No 8

Murmansk Memorial Date unknown. Approx. 28 m (92 ft) hexagonal cylindrical tower with lantern and two galleries, painted with red and white horizntal bands. Anastasia Kharkacheva has a fine photo, Austin Charron has also posted a good photo, and Google has a satellite view. This lighthouse is a memorial to seamen lost at sea in the Arctic. Located high on a hill above the city, it has no navigational value, but it deserves special mention as the only lighthouse in the Murmansk area readily accessible to tourists. Site open, tower status unknown but probably open. – Lighthouse Directory

Southwold Lighthouse

 

Southwold Lighthouse
Suffolk
St James’s Green

 Southwold1890 (James Douglass). Active; focal plane 37 m (122 ft); four flashes every 20 s, white or red depending on direction. 31 m (102 ft) round brick tower with lantern and gallery, painted white, attached to 2-story keeper’s house. Steve Fareham’s photo is at right, the Southwold Museum has a page on the lighthouse, Trabas has a photo, Marinas.com has aerial photos, and Google has a satellite view. Thanks to its urban location, the lighthouse was automated quite early, in 1938. Located in the center of the seaside resort town of Southwold, about 15 km (9 mi) south of Lowestoft. Site open, tower open to guided tours on weekends, Wednesdays, and bank holidays April thorugh October. Operator: Trinity House. Site manager: Southwold Millennium Foundation. ARLHS ENG-135; Admiralty A2272; NGA 1588. – Lighthouse Directory

Chania Lighthouse

Chania Lighthouse ~ Crete

 Chania (Khaniá, Khanion)1864 (station established by Venice in the 15th century). Active; focal plane 26 m (85 ft); red flash every 2.5 s. 26 m (85 ft) round cylindrical stone tower with lantern and gallery, mounted on a much older stone base. The light is now displayed from the top of the lantern. The entire lighthouse is unpainted white stone; lantern painted white. A 2009 photo is at the top of this page, Traba has a closeup by Arno Siering, Stavros Markopoulos has a 2008 photo, Wikimedia has photos, Huelse has a historicpostcard view, and Google has a satellite view. The port of Chania was built by Venice on the site of the ancient town of Kydonia, and the stone base of this lighthouse is part of the 15th century Venetian lighthouse. In recent years Chania has become a popular cruise ship port, making this one of the best-known and most-often-photographed Greek lighthouses. Savas’s photos show that it was in poor condition by the late 1990s. In 2006 a thorough restoration was carried out; Martin Belam’s phototaken on 2 May 2006 shows the lighthouse with its lantern removed and the tower wrapped in scaffolding. Located at the end of the breakwater mole on the east side of the entrance to Chania harbor, near the northwestern corner of Crete. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS CRE-004; Admiralty E4781; NGA 16012. -Lighthouse Directory

From a Postcrosserin Germany, a lighthouse card from her vacation in Crete

Point Atkinson Lighthouse

Point Atkinson Lighthouse

Lighthouse Park, West Vancouver, BC, Canada

Named by Captain George Vancouver in 1792, Point Atkindon, situated at the entrance to Burrard Inlet, was an ideal geographic location for a navigational lighthouse.  The current lighthouse was built in 1912.

1912 (William P. Anderson) (station established 1875). Active; focal plane 33 m (108 ft); two white flashes every 5 s. 18 m (60 ft) octagonal concrete tower with 6 ribs, lantern and gallery. Tower painted white; lantern, gallery, and watch room painted red. Tyler Ingram’s photo appears at the top of this page, Andrea Wren has a good photo, Trabas has a photo by Klaus Kern, Wikimedia has several photos, Marinas.com has aerial photos, Huelse has a historic postcard view, and Google has a satellite view. Huelse also has a postcard view of the 1875 lighthouse, and a web site in VirtualMusuem.ca traces the history of the station. For U.S. television viewers, this is the lighthouse featured in the mystery series Harper’s Island in 2008-09. The lighthouse marks the north side of the entrance to Vancouver Harbour. In 2008, the West Vancouver Historical Society applied for a provincial grant to study restoration of the station. The original light station reservation is now a municipal park; an 800 m (1/2 mi) hiking trail (steep on the return) leads to a good vantage point for viewing the lighthouse. The park entrance is on Beach Drive off Marine Drive in West Vancouver. Site and tower closed. Owner: Canadian Coast Guard. Site manager: District of West Vancouver (Lighthouse Park). ARLHS CAN-387; CCG 0386, Admiralty G5426, NGA 12972. – The Lighthouse Directory

Kronotskiy Lighthouse (Kronotskyy)

Kronotskiy Lighthouse (Kronotskyy)
Image used on the 1984 postage stamp

1962. Active; focal plane 53 m (174 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 13 m (43 ft) octagonal concrete tower with lantern and gallery, painted with black and white vertical stripes. No photo available, but a 1984 postage stamp image is available. Google has a distant satellite view of the cape. Located on the southeastern tip of the Kronotsky Peninsula, a large protuberance on the east coast of Kamchatka that includes the Otdelnaya volcano. Site status unknown. ARLHS ASR-037; Admiralty M8102; NGA 15432. -Lighthouse Directory

Lighthouse Baljuzek

 

Lighthouse Baljuzek, Japonese sea
Series of Lighthouses of Russia No. 5

Have not been able to find any reference beyond this postcard.

Santa Marta Lighthouse

Santa Marta Lighthouse
Cascais, Portugal

Santa Marta (Range Front)1868. Active; focal plane 25 m (82 ft); white or red light, depending on direction, 4.5 s on, 1.5 s off. 20 m (66 ft) square masonry tower with lantern and double gallery. Tower colored with blue and white horizontal bands, lantern painted red. Fog horn (one 3 s blast every 10 s). Paula Sofia Simoes’s photo is at right, Trabas has a good closeup, Guyomard and Carceller havephotos by Eric Valenne, Marinas.com has aerial photos, and Google has a satellite view. This lighthouse serves general navigation and also serves as the front light of the Barra do Norte Range, the Farol de Guia being the rear light. The lighthouse was increased in height by 8 m (26 ft) in 1936 in order to make it more visible against an increasingly crowded background. Huelse has apostcard view of the lighthouse before it was extended. Adjacent to the lighthouse are the ruins of the 17th century Forte de Santa Marta. In 2000, the lighthouse department agreed to convey the lighthouse to the city of Cascais for development of a historical museum dedicated to both the fort and the lighthouse. Andreas Köhler visited in 2009 and reports that a small museum on Portuguese lighthouses is now open. Located on the south point of land in Cascais, adjacent to a large marina. Site and museum open, tower closed. ARLHS POR-052; PT-195; Admiralty D2118; NGA 3388. -The Lighthouse Directory

Mangalore Lighthouse

 

Mangalore Lighthouse
Karnataka, India

Mangalore1870. Inactive. 15 m (49 ft) masonry tower with a square lantern structure, mounted on a square base. A 1-story stone keeper’s house is in use as a public library. Mangalore Today has a photo, Godwin Castelino has a photo, Wikimedia has a good photo, and Huelse has a historic postcard view, but trees obscure the tower in Google’s satellite view. We need more information on the history of this interesting tower. It is said to have been built in the 18th century, and some say by Sultan Haidar Ali; if so, it dates from around 1780. Findlay’s 1879 light list gives 1870 as the establishment of a modern light. There exist historic images from around 1900 that show a conventional lantern room atop the tower. (No such images seem to be online presently.) Located in Tagore Park, atop Light House Hill above the business district of Mangalore. Site open, tower closed. ARLHS IND-171. – The Lighthouse Directory

Fire Island Lighthouse

Fire Island Lighthouse

1858 (station established 1826). Reactivated (inactive 1974-1986, now privately maintained); focal plane 180 ft (55 m); white flash every 7.5 s, day and night. 168 ft (51 m) round tapering cement-clad brick tower with lantern and gallery; rotating DCB-224 aerobeacon (1986). Tower painted with four bands, alternating black and white; lantern black. The original 1st order Fresnel lens (1858-1939), previously on display at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, is now displayed in a special building on site. 2-story stone keeper’s quarters. A 4th order Fresnel lens of uncertain origin is displayed at the visitor center. Foundations of the 1826 lighthouse (a 74 ft (22.5 m) stone octagonal) remain visible. Stone from that tower was used to build the terrace of the 1858 lighthouse. A photo is at right, Anderson has a good page, the National Park Service also has a page for the lighthouse, Trabas has a sunset photo by Klaus Potschien, the preservation society has a slide show of photos by Art Noble, Marinas.com has aerial photos, Huelse has a historic postcard view, and Google has a fine satellite view. This is the tallest New York lighthouse. Plans to demolish the lighthouse in 1981 led to the start of preservation efforts. In 2000, Congress appropriated $350,000 for structural repairs to the tower and improved exhibits. The Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society has worked for preservation and restoration of the lighthouse since 1982; the society leased the light station from the Coast Guard in 1996. In 2001, the Coast Guard agreed to return the 1st order Fresnel lens for display, and in early 2007 the crated lens arrived. FILPS developed a plan to exhibit it in a reconstructed powerhouse building, and in 2011 the restoration and reassembly of the lens was completed; the new building housing the lens was dedicated in July. An August 2011 photo of the lens is available. In 2005, the Coast Guard announced plans to replace the DCB-224 with a weaker solar-powered strobe light. FILPS protested this plan, and in February 2006 the Society signed an agreement to take over ownership and maintenace of the aerobeacons and their backup generators. Located at the west end of the Fire Island National Seashore in Saltaire. Accessible year-round by a walk of about one mile (1.6 km) from the Field 5 parking area at Robert Moses State Park; also accessible in season by passenger ferry from Bay Shore to Saltaire. Site open; visitor center and museum open daily (afternoons only during the winter); tower open to guided tours daily provided volunteer guides are available. Owner: U.S. National Park Service. Site manager: Fire Island National Seashore. ARLHS USA-286; Admiralty J1016; USCG 1-695. – The Lighthouse Directory

Barnegat Lighthouse

 

Barnegat Lighthouse – New Jersey

‘Barnegat Light, the second tallest lighthouse in the United States, was commissioned January 1, 1859.  The tower light was 165 feet above sea level.  It remained a first-class navigational light until August 1927, when the Barnegat Lightship was anchored 8 miles off of the coast.  The tower’s light was reduced over 80 percent, but it was not extinguished until January 1944.’

 Barnegat (2) (Old Barney)1859 (George G. Meade) (station established 1835). Reactivated (inactive 1944-2009); focal plane 163 ft (50 m); white flash every 10 s. 172 ft (52.5 m) brick tower with lantern and gallery. The Barnegat Light Museum, located nearby in a former schoolhouse, displays the original 1st order Fresnel lens. The lower half of the tower and the lantern roof are painted white, the upper half of the tower is bright red. The keeper’s house was destroyed in 1915. Pete Monte’s photo appears at the top of the page, Anderson has a fine page for the lighthouse, Long Beach Island also has a page with the history of the light station and a streaming video tour, Trabas has a photo, Wikimedia has numerous photos, Huelse has a historic postcard view, Marinas.com has excellent aerial photos, and Google has a satellite view. This light, a sibling of Absecon Light, was the tallest U.S. lighthouse when it was built, and it is still the third tallest brick tower in the U.S., according to Lighthouse Heritage data. The Barnegat Light Historical Society supports maintenance and operation of the light station. A major restoration was completed in 1991. The tower is threatened by beach erosion; in 2001 the Army Corps of Engineers spent $1.38 million for a rock seawall to protect it. However, a Corps survey showed the tower is leaning 22 inches (56 cm) away from the vertical. In 2003 the state spent $500,000 to repaint and restore the tower. In September 2008, it was announced that the lighthouse would be relit on New Year’s Day 2009. In 2011, town officials were negotiating to lease the light station from the state. Located at the end of Broadway, off Central Avenue (extension of Long Beach Boulevard), on the north end of Long Beach Island. Site open, lighthouse open daily year round. Owner: N.J. Division of Parks and Forestry. Site manager:Barnegat Lighthouse State Park. ARLHS USA-039; Admiralty J1223; USCG 2-0958. – The Lighthouse Directory