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The lightkeeper's home was a small 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story home built on the opposite side of a marsh, several hundred feet away from the tower. [5] Another brick structure was built to house the oil. [5] The total cost of the wooden lighthouse, and likely the accompanying keeper's house and oil house, was listed at $4604.69. [6]
Charleston Light, also known as Sullivan's Island Lighthouse, is located on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina, which is the northern entrance to Charleston Harbor. [1] [2] [3] Designed by Thomas Sullivan, the lighthouse was erected to replace the defunct Morris Island Light on Morris Island, which was at risk of being destroyed by erosion, but which remains standing and was stabilized in 2010.
In 1938, a one-story building replaced the original two-story dwelling. Both dwellings and all outbuildings (a shed, a garage, etc.) were then demolished in 1984. [1] The space is now a parking lot and grassy knoll. Yaquina Head typically had three lighthouse keepers under the U.S. Lighthouse Service; a Head Keeper, and First and Second ...
Point Sherman Light 20 ft (6.1 m) E: Eldred Rock Light (1906) [33] Washington: Grays Harbor Light 107 ft (33 m) Turn Point Light 20 ft (6.1 m) Cape Disappointment (1856) Oregon: Yaquina Head Light 93 ft (28 m) [34] Warrior Rock Light 25 ft (7.6 m) Cape Blanco Light (1870) California: Pigeon Point Light Point Arena Light
The classic red-and-white lighthouse is still operated by the Canadian Coast Guard, and is situated on an extensive granite outcrop at Peggys Point, immediately south of the village and its cove. This lighthouse is one of the most-photographed structures in Atlantic Canada [3] and one of the most recognizable lighthouses in the world. [2]
The house of the lightkeeper remains in its original configuration with the exception of a 10-foot (3.0 m) addition that was added in 1900. [6] The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Bass Harbor Head Light Station on January 21, 1988, reference number 87002273. [1]
The First Harbor of Refuge Light from 1908. In 1906 construction began on a permanent structure for the southern end of the outer breakwater. The brown, cylindrical, iron foundation was completed in 1907. The 52-foot (16 m) frame tower was white and hexagonal in shape, had three stories and lead colored trim topped with a black lantern.
The Michigan Lighthouse Conservancy is a state preservation society, and the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association is also based in the state. [25] [29] White Shoal Light is one of over 150 past and present lighthouses in Michigan. Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state. See Lighthouses in the United States. [30] White Shoal Light