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The initial Edgartown lighthouse featured a glass lantern room protruding from the middle of the gabled roof of the Keeper's residence. This lantern room contained a fixed white light that was visible for about 14 miles. [5] In 1850 Congress appropriated $5,000 for construction of a new causeway with a walkway on top.
Trinity House consented to the removal and delivery of the lantern and the upper four rooms of the tower, the cost of labour to be borne by Plymouth Council. [34] While the new tower was being built the old lighthouse remained operational, up until 3 February 1882 (after which a temporary fixed light was shown from the top of the new tower).
Duxbury Pier lighthouse also called Duxbury Light (nicknamed the "Bug Light") is a lighthouse located in Plymouth Harbor, Massachusetts. Duxbury Pier Light was built in 1871 on the north side of the main channel in Plymouth Harbor to mark the dangerous shoal off Saquish Head. The unusual coffeepot-shaped lighthouse is locally known as "Bug ...
In 1882, the upper part of Smeaton's Tower was dismantled and rebuilt as a memorial to Smeaton on a new base on Plymouth Hoe, [14] replacing the triangular obelisk that had been built there by Trinity House as a navigation aid in the early 19th century. [15] The site was opened to the public by the Mayor of Plymouth on 24 September 1884. [16]
A new road, laid along this embankment shortly afterwards, from Laira Green to Prince Rock, soon became the main highway into Plymouth from Plympton, Exeter, and beyond, avoiding the often steep and narrow way via Old Laira Road and Lipson – even though the new route was to remain a toll road until 1924.
The TSB Festival of Lights is an annual event held in Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Running for free every year from mid-December to late January, it has a daytime and night time programme of events for people of all ages, with light installations illuminating the park.
All Bevolo gas and electric lights are manufactured in the New Orleans area and fabricated by hand using antiqued copper. [1] Bevolo offers complementary design services to ensure lighting is the correct size and architecturally appropriate. [10] The company has over 500 light and bracket combinations variations and offers custom made lighting.
The Armada off Plymouth (From the fresco by W. Brewer destroyed by fire at the Plymouth Palace of Varieties, 1898.) In its original form, the theatre could accommodate 2,500 spectators. The auditorium was laid out with stalls on the ground floor behind which were the "ordinary pit seats". Entrance to the pits was gained by a tunnel described as ...