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Carl W. Leick (1854 –June 10, 1939) was an architect who worked in the Northwest of the United States.He designed structures for 25 sites on the West Coast, including the Turn Point (1893), Patos (1908), and Lime Kiln (1914) lighthouses.
The lantern house is the original 3,700 millimetres (150 in) Chance Bros. cast-iron-and-copper lantern house, one of about 21 known to exist in Australia. [2] Original plans of the keeper's quarters, 1900 Cottages at Norah Head Lighthouse, view from the lighthouse Writing above door in Norah Head Lighthouse
The design of the keeper's house did not change much from the original artist's conception, though Tim Harrison notes that "it does not resemble a typical lighthouse keeper's house." [ 4 ] The dedication of the lighthouse was held on August 31, 1967, [ 2 ] which was described as "another quiet but proud ceremony" by Mystic Seaport. [ 5 ]
The second Fastnet Rock Lighthouse designed by Douglass. William Douglass (1831 – 10 March 1923) was for twenty-six years an engineer for Trinity House and engineer-in-chief to the Commissioners of Irish Lights from 1878 to 1900. He built a number of offshore lighthouses and was responsible for the design of the second Fastnet Rock lighthouse.
The original Mispillion Lighthouse was built in 1831. The second Mispillion Lighthouse was a 65-foot (20 m) square wood tower rising from one corner of a two-story Gothic style wood keeper's house and was built in 1873. It served until 1929, when it was deactivated and replaced by a steel skeleton tower that had originally served at Cape Henlopen.
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The Eldred Rock Light is an historic octagonal lighthouse adjacent to Lynn Canal in Alaska. It is the last of the ten lighthouses constructed in Alaska between 1902 and 1906. It was also the last of 12 manned lighthouses that were started in Alaska. [4] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Eldred Rock Lighthouse. [3]
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