Wind powered lighthouse railway
__SPACER__ According to the text at the link this contraption ferried "V.I.Ps, Military servicemen and Lighthouse crew out to the Lighthouse and Gun installations at the end of South...
View ArticleBeautiful Lighthouse Lights
__SPACER__ Before electricity, lighthouses relied on lamps that would almost be considered mood lighting by today’s standards. Mechanisms were clockwork and had to be wound as often as every...
View ArticleCleveland Ohio, incredible Ice covered lighthouse
__SPACER__ Like the lighthouse at the end of the world, freezing temperatures encased this Great Lakes lighthouse entirely in ice. Video after the jump. link » wistit »
View ArticleUnited States Lighthouse Establishment Travelling Lighthouse Library
__SPACER__ Being a lighthouse keeper was often a lonely and solitary job, and reading was considered so important that traveling libraries were provided by the precursor to the US Coastguard...
View ArticleLighthouse of Alexandria in Shenzhen
__SPACER__ Until some of its remains were discovered in 1994, the Lighthouse of Alexandria remained one the of the Seven Ancient Wonders whose description only existed in text. Now, of course, like...
View Article18th century stone lighthouse section
__SPACER__ A cross section of the 18th Century stone Eddystone Lighthouse shows just how massive the structure needed to be before Industrial era engineering. link » wistit »
View ArticleCape Florida lighthouse, free standing spiral stair
__SPACER__ Unlike most lighthouses the stair at cape Florida lighthouse does not touch the surrounding wall, make for a particularly interesting piece of architecture. link » wistit »
View ArticleVideo of lighthouses during very stormy weather
__SPACER__ Gives you some idea of the kind of beating they are designed to withstand. link » wistit »
View ArticleAbandoned Russian Polar Nuclear Lighthouses | English Russia
__SPACER__ Being so remote, soviet engineers decided to power polar lighthouses with nuclear reactors. And now they are abandoned. link » wistit »
View ArticleHyperboloid Lighthouse by Vladimir Shukhov
__SPACER__ The opposite of what we think of when we imagine a lighthouse. this one is delicate and transparent. A hyperboloid structure designed by the Russian engineer Vladimir Grigorievich Shukhov in...
View ArticleWorkers on Beachy Head Lighthouse, England
__SPACER__ This dramatic temporary cable car was built to transport construction workers to the Beachy Head lighthouse near Eastbourne in England. link » wistit »
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