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Block Island (Rhode Island) Lighthouse
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...and,_RI_02.jpg Nubble Lighthouse York Beach Maine http://captainkimo.com/wp-content/up...each-Maine.jpg Deer Island Light in Boston Harbor http://www.lighthousefriends.com/dee...caisson_cg.jpg |
Dad's Army: "Put That Light Out!"
The brilliant spooky lighthouse episode; at least listen to Private Fraser's hair-raising story @ 7:50
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Jeepers creepers who'd be a keeper!??
BISHOP ROCK-Scilly Isles http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._of_Scilly.jpgOn auto since '91http://cdn.trinityhouse.co.uk/images...630&quality=85:k_confused:what a punishment post to be sent to IMHO; the last keepers left in 1992! the very definition of 'forlorn hope'!
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SOKCHO LIGHT HOUSE, SOUTH KOREA
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totally kool
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totally Rad! & thinkin' out of the box!
Kaust Breakwater Beacon-Saudi Arabia: Built and designed by Australia's UAP. The design, from many engineers, was had in 24 hours! http://images.designntrend.com/data/...mage.jpg?w=780People can actually play in and enjoy the cool Atmosphere this honeycomb design enhances:http://images.designntrend.com/data/...mage.jpg?w=780
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Happisburgh lighthouse, Norfolk UK
http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=JN.qlc3...Q&pid=15.1&P=0 Built in 1790, it's the oldest operational lighthouse in East Anglia.
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Meet the grandaddy of them all
^ a baby!:D This one stood and operated for 1500 years;:hmph: withstood a 365 AD massive tsunami and was high tech....before there was high tech.:up: Resolving the political image issues(size=power) of a great Ptolemic culture, a famed tourist attraction of antiquity and guiding vessels to safe haven: The Pharos of Alexandria. The only Wonder of the Ancient World with a practical application....:hmmm: http://www.unmuseum.org/pharos_lighthouse_big.jpg At 450-600 feet (accounts vary) with a huge bronze reflecting mirror visible to at least 27 miles at sea. The designer's inscription: "SOSTRATUS SON OF DEXIPHANES OF KNIDOS ON BEHALF OF ALL MARINERS TO THE SAVIOR GODS"- set the standard for all lighthouses since; And never bettered!:rock: http://www.unmuseum.org/pharos.htm http://www.unmuseum.org/pharos_lighthouse_coin.jpg
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