Photos tagged as lighthouses

Day_111_-_Tybee Island Lighthouse, Lens_Ext

This is a first order Fresnel Lens. It is still in use, so you can only get as close as an access portal in the room below it.

Date: 21 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Savannah, USA
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Day_111_-_Tybee Island Battery & Beach

This view is from the top of the Tybee Island Lighthouse

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

The island's museum is housed in an 1898 gun battery.

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

This is the master bedroom for the main lighthouse keeper and his family as it looked in the early 1900's.

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

Another tredle sewing maching, this on in the restored keeper's house

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

One of the eve's off the children's bedroom was used as a playroom. These are typical toys from the early 1900's

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

There are 178 steps in the lighthouse. You can pick up a sheet of paper to commerate a successful climb.

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

This has a 1,000 watt light bulb and is still in use as a lighthouse

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

This has been restored to it's early 1900's appearance. The lighthouse was electrified in 1933, so didn't need a full time keeper after that.

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

Early 1900's style Kitchen Cupboard

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

This is the main Lighthouse keepers house as seen from about midway up the lighthouse steps

Date: 21 December 2007
Photographer: jl98584: gallery
Location: Savannah, USA
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.