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  2. The Lighthouse (2019 film) - Wikipedia

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    The Lighthouse is a 2019 film directed and produced by Robert Eggers, from a screenplay he wrote with his brother Max Eggers.It stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as nineteenth-century lighthouse keepers in turmoil after being marooned at a remote New England outpost by a wild storm.

  3. Let Your Light Shine on Me - Wikipedia

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    The opening line is "I wonder if the lighthouse will shine on me", but the remainder of the song differs from the subject of this article [15] 1987 – "Let the Light (Shine on Me)" by the band Triumph on the album Surveillance; 2002 – "Let the Light Shine Down" by The Country Gentlemen on the album Let the Light Shine Down

  4. Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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    While lighthouse buildings differ depending on the location and purpose, they tend to have common components. A light station comprises the lighthouse tower and all outbuildings, such as the keeper's living quarters, fuel house, boathouse, and fog-signaling building. The Lighthouse itself consists of a tower structure supporting the lantern ...

  5. History of lighthouses - Wikipedia

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    A Fresnel lens can also capture more oblique light from a light source, thus allowing the light from a lighthouse equipped with one to be visible over greater distances. The first Fresnel lens was used in 1823 in the Cordouan Lighthouse at the mouth of the Gironde estuary in France; its light could be seen from more than 20 miles (32 km) out ...

  6. Ponce de Leon Inlet Light - Wikipedia

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    In 1927 the name of Mosquito Inlet was changed to Ponce de Leon Inlet. The lighthouse was transferred from the abolished Lighthouse Service to the United States Coast Guard in 1939, which would oversee it for the next three decades. In 1970, the Coast Guard abandoned the old light station and established a new beacon at New Smyrna Beach. The ...

  7. Lists of lighthouses - Wikipedia

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    At 82.5 metres (271 ft), Île Vierge Lighthouse (right) is the tallest lighthouse in Europe. It is also the tallest "traditional" lighthouse in the world. [4] [5] Note: Click on the country or place name of your choice in the table below to link you to lighthouses in that area.

  8. The Light-House - Wikipedia

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    The story is told as a series of diary entries, the first being New Year's Day, 1796.The setting is an island off the coast of Norway.. On January 1, the narrator records that it is his first day in the lighthouse, and records his annoyance at the fact that he had a difficult time getting the appointment to man it, even though he is of noble birth.

  9. Point Lookout Light - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the 1960s, the State of Maryland purchased land north of the lighthouse and carved out the Point Lookout State Park. In 2006, the light was turned over to Maryland as part of a land-swap deal. Also in 2006, the Point Lookout Lighthouse Preservation Society was founded to restore the lighthouse complex to the 1927 era.