Photos tagged as lighthouses

Day_111_-_Tybee Lighthouse, Keeper House Ice_Box

This rare 1930's vintage ice box was used by two different keepers families.

Date: 21 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Savannah, USA: gallery
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Day_111_-_Tybee Lighthouse, Lens_Lit

This first order Fresnel Lens is illuminated by a 1,000 watt bulb, although it's a little hard to see in daylight.

Date: 21 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Savannah, USA: gallery
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Day_111_-_Tybee Lighthouse, Keeper House Bathroom

Just in case someone has never seen an early 1900's bathroom before, not too different than todays.

Date: 21 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Savannah, USA: gallery
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Day_111_-_Tybee Lighthouse, Keeper House Bureu_JL

The bedroom chest is a nice piece of furniture. I couldn't resist the photo of the photographer affect either.

Date: 21 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Savannah, USA: gallery
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Day_111_-_Tybee Island Lighthouse, 1000 Watt_Bulb

Virtually all lighthouses with first order Fresnel Lenses still in service use this type of bulb for illumination today

Date: 21 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Savannah, USA: gallery
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Day_111_-_Tybee Island Lighthouse, 2nd Asst. Keepers_House

The Tybee lighthouse had three keepers. Their houses are being restored to their original design by the lighthouse association.

Date: 21 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Savannah, USA: gallery
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Day_111_-_Tybee_Isl_LH

The reason the shape changes about a third of the way up is that the original lighthouse was shorter. When it was rebuilt after the Civil War, they made it taller

Date: 21 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Savannah, USA: gallery
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Day_111_-_Tybee Isl LH, Keepers House__LR

Much of the furniture is original from the last two families that lived in the Lighthouse Keepers home.

Date: 21 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Savannah, USA: gallery
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Day_111_-_Tybee Island Beach, From_Top of Lighthouse

The outside balcony was closed due to the strong winds, I shot this through the window, so there is a little rain in the picture. You can see the RV in the parking lot, some of the 1898 gun batteries, and a very stormy beach.

Date: 21 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Savannah, USA: gallery
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Day_109_-_Hunting Isl, Mom in Fresnel_Lens

This is a first order Fresnel Lens, missing most of the glass, but you can see how large these are!

Date: 19 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_109_-_Hunting Isl, JL in_Lens

First order Fresnel Lens, without glass but big enough to stand in

Date: 19 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_109_-_Hunting Isl, View from_Top of LH

This is the view from the top of the Hunting Island Lighthouse

Date: 19 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_109_-_Hunting Isl, Lighthouse_Steps

There are 167 steps to climb to the top of the Hunting Island Lighthouse.

Date: 19 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_109_-_Hunting Isl, Lighthouse

This was constructed in the 1860's as a 'segmented cast-iron' structure that could be disassembled and moved.

Date: 19 December 2007
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Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_109_-_Hunting Isl, Fresnel Lens_Detail

This is how the glass sections are held in place on a Fresnel Lens.

Date: 19 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Beaufort, USA: gallery
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Day_100_-_Ocracoke Lighthouse_Top

This small lighthouse has a level four Fresnel Lens

Date: 10 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day_100_-_Ocracoke Lighthouse

This was built in 1823 and is NC's oldest working lighthouse, possibly the oldest or second oldest working lighthouse in the US. It is 75 feet tall.

Date: 10 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day 99 - Bodie Lighthouse, Top

The iron work is very ornate, but needs repair. This still has a first order Fresnel lens with a 1,000 watt lightbulb inside.

Date: 9 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day 99 - Bodie Lighthouse

This was built in 1872 and has not been restored yet. It is 156 feet tall.

Date: 9 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Buxton, USA: gallery
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Day_82_-_F.._Isl_LH

The Fenwicks Island Lighthouse stands 75' brick plus 10' for the lantern, a 3rd order Fresnel lens visible for 15 nautical miles. It was built in 1858.

Date: 22 November 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Ocean City, USA: gallery
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Day_82_-_A..hthouse

Unlike many we've seen, this is still an active U.S. Coast Guard Lighthouse. It was built in 1866-67 to replace an earlier, shorter building. It is 142' tall and used to have a first order Fresnel lens, that has since been replaced.