Chicago, Edgewater

Chicago, Edgewater, by Akli Denge

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Port Hueneme Lighthouse

Port Hueneme Lighthouse
Originally uploaded by Kurt Preissler.

Many people do not know that Oxnard, Port Heuneme has a lighthouse. The original light house looked like the San Luis Lighthouse located near San Luis Obispo.

Split Rock Lighthouse

Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS) 47.20005°N -91.3669°E

Split Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse located just south of Silver Bay, Minnesota, USA on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The structure was designed by lighthouse engineer Ralph Russell Tinkham and was completed in 1910 by the United States Lighthouse Service at a cost of $75,000, including the buildings and the land. It is built on a 130-foot (40 m) sheer cliff of anorthosite.

by sunny00_04

The lighthouse was first lit on July 31, 1910. It was built in response to the loss of ships during the famous Mataafa Storm of 1905, in which 29 ships were lost on Lake Superior. One of these shipwrecks, the Madeira, is located just north of the lighthouse. Compare, Great Lakes Storm of 1913. The tower of the lighthouse is hexagonal and constructed of brick, reinforced with a steel skeleton. It is topped with a steel lantern. The lighthouse features a large third order, bi-valve type Fresnel lens (pronounced [freɪ'nel]) manufactured by Barbier, Bernard and Turenne Company in Paris, France. The lens floats on a bearing surface of liquid mercury.

Originally, the lens was rotated by an elaborate clockwork mechanism that was powered by counterweights running down the center of the tower. When completed, the lighthouse was lighted with an incandescent oil vapor lamp that burned kerosene. In 1940, the station was electrified and the lamp was replaced with a 1000 watt electric bulb.

Split Rock Lighthouse was built in 1910 in Two Harbors, Minnesota on Lake Superior. It was accessible only by water until 1924 when the North Shore highway was built. The lighthouse closed in 1969, but has been meticulously restored to its pre-1924 appearance and is currently a popular tourist attraction.
Stamp Information
This stamp was issued by the United States Postal Service on June 17, 1995 as part of the Great Lakes Lighthouses Issue series.

Split Rock was also outfitted with a fog signal housed in a building next to the light tower. The original signal was a pair of steam sirens driven by two Franklin 30 hp (22 kW) gasoline-driven air compressors manufactured by Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company. In 1932 the gasoline engines were replaced with diesel engines. The steam sirens were replaced with a Type F-2-T diaphone (be-you) type signal in 1936. When the station was electrified four years later, the fog signal began to be powered by electricity. The fog signal was discontinued in 1961. The light was retired in 1969 by the U. S. Coast Guard. The lighthouse is now part of the Split Rock Lighthouse State Park and is operated by the Minnesota Historical Society. The site includes the original tower and lens, the fog signal building, the oil house, and the three keepers' houses. It is restored to appear as it did in the late 1920s. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. Notwithstanding that the light has been retired, every November 10 the lighthouse emits a light in memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald which sank on that date in 1975. Split Rock Lighthouse was one of five lighthouses chosen for the "Lighthouses of the Great Lakes" series postage stamp designed by Howard Koslow in 1995. There was one lighthouse chosen on each of the Great Lakes. The five lighthouses are Split Rock Light on Lake Superior, St Joseph Light on Lake Michigan, Spectacle Reef Light on Lake Huron, Marblehead Light (Ohio) on Lake Erie and Thirty Mile Point Light on Lake Ontario.

Spiral stairs leading to the lantern deck at Split Rock lighthouse Copyright photograph by Terry Pepper, September 1999

Minnesota Historical Society - Split Rock
3713 Split Rock Lighthouse Rd.
Two Harbors, MN 55616
(218) 226-6372

mnhs.org

wikipedia.org

terrypepper.com

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Angel's Gate Lighthouse 1457.4

Angel's Gate Lighthouse 1457.4
Originally uploaded by Kurt Preissler.

Los Angeles Harbor Light
Location:	Los Angeles Harbor, California
Coordinates WGS-84 (GPS)	33°42′30″N 118°15′05″W / 33.70833°N 118.25139°W / 33.70833; -118.25139
Year first lit:	1762
Automated:	1971
Foundation:	Rock breakwater with Concrete Slabs
Construction:	Steel and Concrete
Tower shape:	Cylindrical with an Octagonal concrete base
Markings/Pattern:	white
Height:	69 ft (21 m), 73 ft (22.2 m) above sea level
Original lens:	Fourth order Fresnel lens
Range:	18 nm
Characteristic:	green flash every 15 s. Emergency light of reduced intensity when main light is extinguished. HORN: 2 blasts ev 30s (2s bl-2s si-2s bl-24s si). Operates continuously
Admiralty number:	G3799
ARLHS number:	USA-014
USCG number:	6-0135

Gate Lighthouse 1457.4

: Photo by Photographer Brian Gudas - photo.net

By: Brian Gudas

Annisquam Light: Photo by Photographer peter christoph - photo.net

Annisquam Light by peter christoph

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annisquam
history
Annisquam Harbor Light

Pictures of Kilauea Lighthouse - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-L1 Camera

Pictures of Kilauea Lighthouse - Sony Cyber-shot DSC-L1 Camera: "Kilauea Lighthouse
Image Title: Kilauea Lighthouse

By: Loren Lloyd
Copyright ©2005"

Light by day, light by night

Light by day, light by night
Originally uploaded by CrowGirl.

I have to admit I love this shot, and consider myself luck to have snapped it. I was about to head up the stairs from the dock when I noticed these two kids coming down them, and all the lines, and the amazing blue of the sky (yay polarizer!). Snap!

DSC_9941

DSC_9941
Originally uploaded by coolskipper.

Sunrise

Sunrise
Originally uploaded by Wonderful_World**.

Bahamas, Nassau

Assategue Lighthouse

Light House 2
Originally uploaded by MeraM.

Assateague Light House, Chincoteague wildlife refuge, Virginia
www.assateagueisland.com

Assateague Island

Red White and Blue

Red White and Blue
Originally uploaded by NorthLight.

The South Pier Lighthouse at the entrance to the Duluth, Minnesota harbor on Lake Superior...with a long overdue fresh coat of paint.

A Lake Superior Classic

A Lake Superior Classic
Originally uploaded by NorthLight.

Split Rock Lighthouse on the Minnesota shore of Lake Superior

Split Rock Vista
Originally uploaded by NorthLight.

Split Rock Lighthouse in the distance. Taken at Split Rock State Park on the Minnesota shore of Lake Superior.

Worth Getting Up For

Worth Getting Up For
Originally uploaded by NorthLight.

Sunrise on Lake Superior at Duluth, Minnesota.

livecam

After the Storm
Originally uploaded by NorthLight.

Early Light
Originally uploaded by NorthLight.

From my Great Lakes Lighthouse archives...shooting the sunrise is the best way I can think of to jump start a winter's day. Taken in January.

Magic Morning
Originally uploaded by NorthLight.

A New Day Dawning
Originally uploaded by NorthLight.

Another shot of my favorite shooting location in Duluth, Minnesota on Lake Superior. I just couldn't resist the light on this fine cold Northern Minnesota morning

Lake Michigan

by hey_mando

Ponce de Leon Inlet

Lighthouse Stairs
Originally uploaded by Tim Atl.

Lighthouse at Ponce de Leon Inlet near Daytona Beach, Florida, USA

Station

Museum

Ponce De Leon Inlet