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Due to erosion, the light was decommissioned in 1918. The tower was disassembled in 1921, and reassembled on Gasparilla Island in 1927. However, the light was not lit until 1932, when it began service as the rear entrance range light for Port Boca Grande, with the front entrance range light approximately one mile off shore in the Gulf of Mexico.
Designed by Sir Thomas Matthews, the current Lundy North and Lundy South lighthouses were built in 1897 at the north-west and south-east extremities of the island, to replace the Old Light. At the time of its opening, the North lighthouse in particular was described as being 'at the present moment, the most scientific and most advanced ...
Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse (the French name "Les Éclaireurs" means "the Scouts") is a slightly conically shaped lighthouse standing on the northeasternmost island of the five or more Les Eclaireurs islands, which it takes its name from, 5 nautical miles (9 km) east of Ushuaia in the Beagle Channel, Tierra del Fuego, southern Argentina.
The Lovells Island Range Lights were range lights on Lovells Island in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. They were built in 1903 to help vessels coming into what is now called "South Channel". As the North Channel was dredged deeper, the South Channel was less used and they were removed in 1939 to make room for the expansion of Fort Standish. The ...
The Stephens Island / Takapourewa lighthouse is one of New Zealand's most powerful lights with a range of 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi). [1] Perched 183 metres (600 ft) up, on top of Stephens Island, it guards Cook Strait and Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere, at the top of the South Island / Te Wai Pounamu.The light flashes white once every six seconds from a white cast iron tower.
Cairns on the Isles of Scilly date back to the Bronze Age and at that time Round Island was probably a peninsula on the northern shore of the main island in the Isles of Scilly. The granite , ashlar , 19 metres (62 ft) tall tower was designed by William Tregarthen Douglass , chief engineer for the Commissioners of Irish Lights , and is built on ...
Tenants Harbor Light, also known as Southern Island Light, [2] is a lighthouse at the mouth of Tenants Harbor, St. George, Maine, United States. [ 3 ] [ 2 ] It appears in paintings by Andrew Wyeth and his son Jamie Wyeth , who have owned the lighthouse since 1978.
It is the location of The Graves Light, at 113 feet (34 m) tall the tallest lighthouse in Boston Harbor, and an important navigation aid for traffic to and from the port. The island has a permanent size of 1.8 acres , and rises to a height of 15 feet (4.6 m) above sea level ; there is only aquatic vegetation on the island.