LIGHTHOUSES of the World - on stamps and covers.

waroff49 · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2008 23:25:46 pm

Since we have covered many things, and Lighthouses have featured on many stamps, I thought this would be a good topic.

Illustrations can be photos or stamps.

Split Point Light- Airey's inlet Vic.

The fine figure in the foreground is my brother in law. He missed the trip to China.
Built 1891. 33m high. 67m above sea level.

unhinged_specimen · **Posted:** Fri Feb 08, 2008 23:43:02 pm

Gee, your brother in law is VERY VERY old and VERY VERY tall eh......

iomoon · **Posted:** Sat Feb 09, 2008 05:01:00 am

The fourth Eddystone lighthouse with the third behind it.

waroff49 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 01:32:05 am

New Zealand Govt. Life Assurance.
Two different- one with VR and one without.

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 01:37:37 am

These are gorgeous IMHO

iomoon · **Posted:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 04:27:30 am

Flannan Isle

Though three men dwell on Flannan Isle
To keep the lamp alight,
As we steer'd under the lee, we caught
No glimmer through the night!

A passing ship at dawn had brought
The news; and quickly we set sail,
To find out what strange thing might all
The keepers of the deep-sea light.

The winter day broke blue and bright,
With glancing sun and glancing spray,
As o'er the swell our boat made way,
As gallant as a gull in flight.

But, as we near'd the lonely Isle;
And look'd up at the naked height;
And saw the lighthouse towering white,
With blinded lantern, that all night
Had never shot a spark
Of comfort through the dark,
So ghastly in the cold sunlight
It seem'd, that we were struck the while
With wonder all too dread for words.

And, as into the tiny creek
We stole beneath the hanging crag,
We saw three queer, black, ugly birds--
Too big, by far, in my belief,
For guillemot or shag--
Like seamen sitting bold upright
Upon a half-tide reef:
But, as we near'd, they plunged from sight,
Without a sound, or spurt of white.

And still too mazed to speak,
We landed; and made fast the boat;
And climb'd the track in single file,
Each wishing he was safe afloat,
On any sea, however far,
So it be far from Flannan Isle:
And still we seem'd to climb, and climb,
As though we'd lost all count of time,
And so must climb for evermore.
Yet, all too soon, we reached the door--
The black, sun-blister'd lighthouse door,
That gaped for us ajar.

As, on the threshold, for a spell,
We paused, we seem'd to breathe the smell
Of limewash and of tar,
Familiar as our daily breath,
As though 'twere some strange scent of death:
And so, yet wondering, side by side,
We stood a moment, still tongue-tied:
And each with black foreboding eyed
The door, ere we should fling it wide,
To leave the sunlight for the gloom:
Till, plucking courage up, at last,
Hard on each other's heels we pass'd
Into the living-room.

Yet, as we crowded through the door,
We only saw a table, spread
For dinner, meat and cheese and bread;
But all untouch'd; and no one there: As though, when they sat down to eat,
Ere they could even taste,
Alarm had come; and they in haste
Had risen and left the bread and meat:
For on the table-head a chair
Lay tumbled on the floor.
We listen'd; but we only heard
The feeble cheeping of a bird
That starved upon its perch:
And, listening still, without a word,
We set about our hopeless search.

We hunted high, we hunted low,
And soon ransack'd the empty house;
Then o'er the Island, to and fro,
We ranged, to listen and to look
In every cranny, cleft or nook
That might have hid a bird or mouse:
But, though we searched from shore to shore,
We found no sign in any place:
And soon again stood face to face
Before the gaping door:
And stole into the room once more
As frighten'd children steal.

Aye: though we hunted high and low,
And hunted everywhere,
Of the three men's fate we found no trace
Of any kind in any place,
But a door ajar, and an untouch'd meal,
And an overtoppled chair.

And, as we listen'd in the gloom
Of that forsaken living-room--
O chill clutch on our breath--
We thought how ill-chance came to all
Who kept the Flannan Light:
And how the rock had been the death
Of many a likely lad:
How six had come to a sudden end
And three had gone stark mad:
And one whom we'd all known as friend
Had leapt from the lantern one still night,
And fallen dead by the lighthouse wall:
And long we thought
On the three we sought,
And of what might yet befall.

Like curs a glance has brought to heel,
We listen'd, flinching there:
And look'd, and look'd, on the untouch'd meal
And the overtoppled chair.

We seem'd to stand for an endless while,
Though still no word was said,
Three men alive on Flannan Isle,
Who thought on three men dead.

··· Wilfred Wilson Gibson ···

waroff49 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 06:58:08 am

That's fantastic, IOMoon. Picture and poetry,-all on a stamp collecting board. Who said this board wasn't cultured.

Keep up the good work.
Bill.

iomoon · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2008 06:08:25 am

One of my favorite poets, glad to have the opportunity to share it.

Needles lighthouse, Isle of Wight.

In 1859 Trinity House planned a new lighthouse to be built on the outermost of the chalk rocks near sea level. It was designed by James Walker and cost £20,000. The circular granite tower has perpendicular sides and is 33.25mm high, of uniform diameter with an unevenly stepped base to break the waves mxd discourage sea sweeping up the tower. The wall varies from 1.07m in thickness at the entrance to 0.61m at the top. Much of the base rock was cut away to form the foundation, and cellars and storehouses were excavated in the chalk.

Lakatoi 4 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2008 13:02:00 pm

Pt. Perpendicular

(South Coast NSW, Australia)

Click the link below for some great lighthouse pictures and information:

http://www.lighthouse.net.au/lIGhtS/NSW/Point%20Perpendicular/Pt%20Perpendicular.htm

waroff49 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2008 16:48:08 pm

Thanks for that Lakatoi, they are some substantial buildings and the saviours of many early seafarers.

Not as interesting as the solid structures of the past, but just much required for safe navigation.

iomoon · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2008 09:43:45 am

Sambro lighthouse.

The oldest operational lighthouse in North America.
Established in 1758.

MargoZ · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2008 20:57:50 pm

Smoky Cape lighthouse Mid North coast NSW

Named by Captain Cook when he navigated the east coast of Australia. Fire were spotted from the ship hence the name. The Cape was a well-known aboriginal male initiation ceremonial place and the fires are thought to have been related to such a ceremony.

waroff49 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 13, 2008 00:03:54 am

The second oldest but longest serving light station in Australia:
Cape Otway, Vic.

The Cape Otway Lighthouse
Photograph: Greg Beck History

The 84 kilometre gap between, Cape Wickham on, King Island and Cape Otway is known as the "Eye of the Needle". It is the Western entrance to Bass Strait. Sea captains would hug the Victorian coast, to avoid being driven into King Island in bad weather, resulting in many wrecks.

Access was a problem in establishing the lighthouse and after three attempts, the Cape was finally reached by land. A site was selected and after great difficulty a road was cut. Construction began in 1846 with the light being lit in August 1848 making it the second light to be established on the mainland coast.

The materials used consisted of stone quarried at the Parker River, 5 kilometres away.

The first keeper was dismissed after only three months for "interfering" with the light. He was replaced by Henry Bayles Ford, a former sea captain tended the light for 30 years. His son George Ford rode on horseback to Camperdown to get help when the Loch Ard was wrecked nearby in 1878.

The light was extremely isolated. Supplies were delivered every 6-12 months, landed at Parker River and brought overland. The only contact was with the few farmers in the area and rare official visits. Later a road was cut to Colac, but was not passable to motor vehicles until the mid 1930s.

A fixed red light was added in 1881. The power of the light was increased in 1891, in 1905 and again in 1939.

The light was decommissioned in January 1994 after being the longest continuous operating light on the Australian mainland. It has been replaced by a low powered solar light in front of the original tower. Over 3,000 people attended the ceremony to mark the turning off of the light.

Cape Otway celebrated its 150th anniversary in August 1998.nd Cape Otway is known as the "Eye of the Needle". It is the Western entrance to Bass Strait. Sea captains would hug the Victorian coast, to avoid being driven into King Island in bad weather, resulting in many wrecks.

Access was a problem in establishing the lighthouse and after three attempts, the Cape was finally reached by land. A site was selected and after great difficulty a road was cut. Construction began in 1846 with the light being lit in August 1848 making it the second light to be established on the mainland coast.

The materials used consisted of stone quarried at the Parker River, 5 kilometres away.

The first keeper was dismissed after only three months for "interfering" with the light. He was replaced by Henry Bayles Ford, a former sea captain tended the light for 30 years. His son George Ford rode on horseback to Camperdown to get help when the Loch Ard was wrecked nearby in 1878.

The light was extremely isolated. Supplies were delivered every 6-12 months, landed at Parker River and brought overland. The only contact was with the few farmers in the area and rare official visits. Later a road was cut to Colac, but was not passable to motor vehicles until the mid 1930s.

A fixed red light was added in 1881. The power of the light was increased in 1891, in 1905 and again in 1939.

The light was decommissioned in January 1994 after being the longest continuous operating light on the Australian mainland. It has been replaced by a low powered solar light in front of the original tower. Over 3,000 people attended the ceremony to mark the turning off of the light.

Cape Otway celebrated its 150th anniversary in August 1998.

MargoZ · **Posted:** Wed Feb 13, 2008 00:10:21 am

Cape Otway is a great spot. I went there a couple of years ago and saw half a dozens koalas in the wild on the trip out to the coast. Fantastic coastline and the Otway Ranges are breathtaking.

waroff49 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 13, 2008 03:29:52 am

Glad you liked it, MargoZ. And the Great Ocean Road is a beautiful drive, unless you're the driver and can't take in the magnificence. Also popular with the Japanese, Germans and others who drive on the wrong side of the road. Signs all along the road tell people to drive on the left hand side.

If you drive from Melbourne, you can stop off at Norm's and I'm sure he'd have a cuppa for you. :lol:

As he said in another thread, he's going to get up close and personal.

iomoon · **Posted:** Wed Feb 13, 2008 05:49:51 am

Bishop Rock

Bishop Rock (Cornish: Men an Eskob) is a small rock at the westernmost tip of the Isles of Scilly ( 49°52.3′N, 06°26.7′W), known for its lighthouse, and listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest island, with a building on it, in the world.

Sir Cloudesley Shovell's squadron of ships was lost there in 1707.

The original lighthouse was begun in 1847, but was washed away before it could be completed. The present building was completed in 1858 and was first lit on 1 September of that year.

waroff49 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 14, 2008 05:21:21 am

One from Anguilla

iomoon · **Posted:** Thu Feb 14, 2008 05:49:14 am

Tillamook Rock Light is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast of the United States, located one mile offshore from Tillamook Head. It is visible from Seaside, Cannon Beach and Ecola State Park. Nicknamed "Terrible Tilly" (or Tillie), for its situation in the stormy Pacific Ocean, this decommissioned lighthouse was built in 1881.

waroff49 · **Posted:** Thu Feb 14, 2008 05:53:12 am

One from the Cayman Is.

iomoon · **Posted:** Thu Feb 14, 2008 09:42:00 am

Sandy Hook lighthouse

Served, along with Bishop Rock, as one of the markers for steamships attempting the "Blue Ribbon" fastest crossing of the Atlantic.

An aid to mariners entering NY harbor.

Built originally 500 feet from the shore, it is now a mile and a half away.

iomoon · **Posted:** Fri Feb 15, 2008 09:43:48 am

Matinicus Lighthouse

United States Lighthouse Service erected a pair of wooden light towers and a cobblestone keeper's residence on Matinicus Rock, 18 miles off the coast of Maine. These lights guided sea traffic until 1848 when they were replaced by the granite structure (see picture).

Abbie Burgess (later Grant) (1839-1892) was an American lighthouse keeper known for her bravery in tending the Matinicus Rock Light, in Maine, during a raging winter storm in 1856. She tended the light for nearly a month while her father, the head keeper, was away from the island. Her heroic actions attracted much attention, and she was soon a popular heroine.

Burgess later married a lighthouse keeper, and spent fifteen years as the keeper at White Head Light.

iomoon · **Posted:** Sat Feb 16, 2008 00:59:40 am

Whitehouse light guards the western entrance to Penobskot Bay.
One of the foggiest locations in North America.

Kev · **Posted:** Sat Feb 16, 2008 09:18:22 am

Fine lot of photos.
For those interested google "lighthouses of Australia" for good information and photos.
Cheers, Kev.

iomoon · **Posted:** Sun Feb 17, 2008 04:30:54 am

[The Pharos is a] Roman lighthouse, one of a pair constructed during the reign of Emperor Claudius in AD 46 on the headland flanking either side of the major Roman port of Dubris. The lighthouse survives within Dover Castle and comprises an octagonal stepped tower approximately 19 metres and four storeys high. The fourth storey was reconstructed between 1415 and 1437 when the lighthouse had been adapted for use as a belfry to the church of St Mary-Sub-Castro [St Mary-in-Castro]. The original design of the top of the lighthouse has been destroyed by these alterations, making its functionality unclear.

iomoon · **Posted:** Mon Feb 18, 2008 02:56:24 am

South Stack lighthouse.

Located on a small island off the coast of Anglesey, Wales, connected by a bridge. The lighthouse is built on an anticline, the b-lineations of which can be seen on the exposed cliff.

Its light can be seen 28 miles out to sea where it was designed to provide protection for the Dublin-Holyhead-Liverpool ferry.

iomoon · **Posted:** Fri Feb 22, 2008 02:02:18 am

Somewhat different, a lighthouse on a lake.

This one at Lindau in Bavaria on Lake Constance.

waroff49 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2008 12:20:43 pm

Cape Lueewin Light.
The most southerly in WA. I think also the most southerly on the Aust. mainland.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2008 17:30:25 pm

From our 1995 trip to the US of A

First we saw this from a cruise ferry just outside of the harbour at Portland, Maine

It looked so good we went there by road the next day

After we got home we recognised it on a number of calenders.

http://www.portlandheadlight.com/

waroff49 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 23, 2008 19:55:35 pm

Many lighthouses are major scenic attractions now, probably because of where they were built.

Much better than a tall steel pole with an electronic box at the top.

iomoon · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 03:32:35 am

Muckle Flugga is a small rocky island north of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is often described as the northernmost point of the British Isles, but the smaller islet of Out Stack is actually farther north.

The name comes from Old Norse, Mikla Flugey, meaning "large steep-sided island". The original name was "North Unst", but in 1964 that was changed to "Muckle Flugga".

According to local folklore, Muckle Flugga and nearby Out Stack were formed when two giants, Herma and Saxa, fell in love with the same mermaid. They fought over her by throwing large rocks at each other, one of which became Muckle Flugga. To get rid of them, the mermaid offered to marry whichever one would follow her to the North Pole. They both followed her and drowned, as neither one could swim.

Kev · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 08:30:23 am

iomoon wrote:

Muckle Flugga is a small rocky island north of Unst in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. It is often described as the northernmost point of the British Isles, but the smaller islet of Out Stack is actually farther north.

The name comes from Old Norse, Mikla Flugey, meaning "large steep-sided island". The original name was "North Unst", but in 1964 that was changed to "Muckle Flugga".

According to local folklore, Muckle Flugga and nearby Out Stack were formed when two giants, Herma and Saxa, fell in love with the same mermaid. They fought over her by throwing large rocks at each other, one of which became Muckle Flugga. To get rid of them, the mermaid offered to marry whichever one would follow her to the North Pole. They both followed her and drowned, as neither one could swim.

Interesting!
Are they steps and ladders I can see leading up to the lighthouse?
Cheers, Kev.

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 08:40:09 am

El Hank (Casablanca)

Morocco's tallest traditional lighthouse and the landfall light for Casablanca, located on a headland at the western edge of the city. Built in 1919 and one of 6 lighthouse on the Rabat/Casablanca Atlantic coast:

iomoon · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 09:00:09 am

Kev wrote:

Interesting!
Are they steps and ladders I can see leading up to the lighthouse?
Cheers, Kev.

Yep, supposedly one of the most difficult lighthouses to build within the Scottish provenance.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:10:52 pm

Love this thread :!:

[quote="waroff49"]Cape Lueewin Light.
The most southerly in WA. I think also the most southerly on the Aust. mainland.

Nearly right. The most southerly in Western Australia is Eclipse Island just south of Albany. If no one does it first I will provide some details later. As far as Cape Leeuwin is concerned it is certainly striking at 39 metres, and so strategically placed at the confluence (if that is the correct word) of the Indian and Southern Oceans.

Kev gave details of the Lighthouses of Australia website above and I am also referring to a book From Dusk Till Dawn, A History of Australian Lighthouses. I would like to scan and submit some of the photos from that book but am not sure if I am entitled to do so. It was published by the Australian Government Publishing Service which no longer exists. No doubt it has been replaced by some other government authority. Would someone please advise of our rights in this regard.

In the meantime some of the photos will be mine, but most will come from the Lighhouses Of Australia website and from the above book in the belief that their use on a board such as this is legal.

Now to the first lighthouse I ever saw.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 12:15:37 pm

I first saw a lighthouse from a Manly ferry on Sydney Harbour. It just so happens it was Australia's first lighthouse commenced in 1813. So here is the Macquarie Light.

And with the Sydney skyline in the background.

By the way, love those lighthouses right down on the water.

waroff49 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 13:31:11 pm

As long as you don't publish more than a certain amount (I think 10%) of the text and photos, there should be no problems, as it is for academic purposes and not for profit. The source should be recognised.

I think I did say mainland, an island off the coast is not mainland. I think there are some in Tas. that are further south.

Macquarie light also featured on an Aust. stamp. When I get the scanner going, I'll post it.

iomoon · **Posted:** Mon Feb 25, 2008 03:25:56 am

Skerryvore (from the Gaelic Sgeir Mhör meaning big skerry, or reef) is a remote reef that lies off the west coast of Scotland, 12 miles (19 kilometres) south west of the island of Tiree. Skerryvore is also the name given to the lighthouse on the skerry, built with some difficulty between 1838 and 1844 by Alan Stevenson.

At a height of 156 feet (48 m) it is the tallest lighthouse in Scotland. The shore station was at Hynish on Tiree which now houses a museum, operations being later transferred to Erraid, west of Mull. The remoteness of the location led to the keepers receiving additional payments in kind. The light shone without a break until a fire in 1954, which shut down operations for five years. Operations were automated in 1994.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Mon Feb 25, 2008 19:55:12 pm

Beautiful Scottish scene.

Cape Leeuwin is southernmost in mainland WA but there are many in Victoria which are further south. No doubt we will look at them over time.

This one was in today's Sydney Morning Herald online. I simply could not resist.

This is an extract from a 2005 newsletter from Lighthouses of Australia - One of the most distinctive landmarks in Havana is the lighthouse at Castillo de Los Tres Reyes del Morro, the Castle of the Three Kings on the Bluff or simply Morro Castle, built between 1589 and 1630 which includes the first of the three towers that used to burn wood to warn mariners. When the English invaded the city in 1762, the castle withstood a ferocious attack for several weeks until a mine was exploded inside the castle walls. The lighthouse was completely destroyed and a new tower, built in 1764, was wood-fuelled until 1820.

Within the present day castle, the unpainted masonry tower stands 25m tall. This latest tower was built by the Spanish in 1845 and replaced the older tower of 1764 with a more modern one. Its bivalve lens displays two white flashes every 15 seconds from a focal plane of 44m. Electrification was completed for the centenary of the lighthouse in 1945, but it still uses the original clockwork mechanism and keepers maintain a watch to wind the mechanism and to change the globe where necessary.

iomoon · **Posted:** Tue Feb 26, 2008 09:20:06 am

Bell Rock

According to legend, probably folk etymology, the rock is called Bell Rock because of a 14th century attempt by the abbot from Arbroath ("Aberbrothock") to install a warning bell on it. The bell lasted only one year until it was removed by a Dutch pirate. This story is immortalised in The Inchcape Rock (1820), a famous poem by Robert Southey. (verses 3 & 4):

The Abbot of Aberbrothok [i.e. Arbroath]
Had placed that bell on the Inchcape Rock;
On a buoy in the storm it floated and swung,
And over the waves its warning rung.

When the Rock was hid by the surge's swell,
The Mariners heard the warning Bell;
And then they knew the perilous Rock,
And blest the Abbot of Aberbrothok

MargoZ · **Posted:** Wed Feb 27, 2008 04:42:29 am

Iomoon- you missed the best part!

Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair;
He curst himself in his despair;
The waves rush in on every side,
The ship is sinking beneath the tide.

BTW re the Macquarie lighthouse:

As early as 1791 a beacon stood on South Head, first fired by wood and later by coal, to guide vessels to the harbour entrance at night.

The original Macquarie Lighthouse, the first to be built in Australia, was designed and supervised by the renowned convict architect Francis Greenway and Captain John Gill. Work commenced in 1816 and the structure was completed in 1818.

The lighthouse was constructed of sandstone quarried on site. Governor Macquarie was so pleased with the lighthouse that he granted Greenway with a pardon for his work.

The original light was powered by a number of oil lamps set in reflectors that revolved using a weight system, similar to a pendulum clock.

The first lighthouse keeper was Robert Watson, who had arrived in the Colony with the First Fleet as Quartermaster on HMS Sirius and later became harbour master. He died one year after his appointment, and nearby Watson's Bay was named in his honour.

The stone used in Macquarie Lighthouse soon began to erode and 60 years later the tower was held together with iron bands.

In 1883 a new lighthouse was built, designed by James Barnet, to closely resemble the original tower. It was built less than four metres away from the original and illuminated by gas-generated electricity.

For a short time, the old and new lighthouses stood side-by-side on South Head.

Macqaurie lighthouse is normally open for inspection regularly though currently closed for maintenance- for more info see the Sydney Harbour Trust site- its a fascinating tour and well worth doing.

http://www.harbourtrust.gov.au/topics/h ... s.html#mlt

Cheers
Margo

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sat Mar 01, 2008 15:10:43 pm

I was in Adelaide South Australia a little over a year ago and saw this re-erected lighthouse at Port Adelaide.

It was placed there in 1986 after its removal from South Neptune Island and is now a tourist attraction on the waterfront.

It took nearly 30 years for the politicians to approve its construction at the entrance to Spencer Gulf and it neatly arrived immediately after Federation in 1901. Time had the usual effect and the old structure was removed in 1985 and replaced with the following - probably effective but definately not romantic.

The photos are taken from From Dusk to Dawn.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:31:59 am

Point Hicks eastern Victoria

Point Hicks was the first landfall of Captain James Cook in 1770. Opened in 1890.

Photo from From Dusk Till Dawn

waroff49 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 06, 2008 13:17:15 pm

That point Hicks, is a good example of the South Celestial Pole, with the stars revolving around the SCP region in the night sky. Shows clearly the rotation of the earth.

waroff49 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 10, 2008 16:37:47 pm

Some time ago, I said I would scan the MacQuarie Light stamp from the 1968. I finally found it, with insert.
Here it is.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Mon Mar 10, 2008 19:44:13 pm

Worth waiting for :!:

And now for Low Head lighthouse in Tasmania.

This one was built in 1888 to replace the original built in 1833. It is at the entrance to the Tamar River where it flows into the notorious Bass Starit which seperates Tasmania from the mainland in Victoria.

waroff49 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 11, 2008 15:22:11 pm

Somewhere I have the Macquarie pictorial postmark, but from recollection, it has only a 5c Blue queens head.

iomoon · **Posted:** Sat Mar 15, 2008 04:29:10 am

The Smalls

Smalls Lighthouse stands on a small rock approximately 20 miles (≈32 km) west of St. David's Peninsula in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It was erected in 1861 by engineer James Douglass to replace a previous lighthouse which had been erected in 1776 on the same rock.

It relies on a 35-watt bulb powered by solar power but its beams can be seen from 21 miles (≈34 km) away owing to powerful lenses.

KevinHedley · **Posted:** Sun Mar 16, 2008 19:19:03 pm

iomoon wrote:

The Smalls

It relies on a 35-watt bulb powered by solar power but its beams can be seen from 21 miles (≈34 km) away owing to powerful lenses.

It is amazing how precise modern tooling is these days :!:

waroff49 · **Posted:** Sun Mar 16, 2008 21:37:36 pm

Unfortunately, it is this precision and satellites, that have made lighthouses in many cases redundant.

iomoon · **Posted:** Mon Mar 17, 2008 01:48:28 am

Yep, I use 60W bulbs to light my living room!!!


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