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Lake Conroe Lighthouse
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1977 (rebuilt 1999). Active; characteristics unknown. 90 ft (27 m) octagonal cylindrical tower, painted with horizontal red and white bands to resemble the well-known Harbour Town Light at Hilton Head, South Carolina. The lighthouse was rebuilt after being heavily damaged by a tornado in 1999. Located off Lakeshore Drive on a point jutting into the east side of the lake, about 4 mi (6 km) west of I-45 exit 92 near Willis in Montgomery County. Site and tower closed, but the lighthouse can be seen from many locations around the lake

Jeddah Light (world's tallest lighthouse)
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Jeddah Light is an active lighthouse in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. With a height of approximately 436 feet (133 m) it has a credible claim to be the world's tallest lighthouse. It is located at the end of the outer pier on the north side of the entrance to Jeddah Seaport.

Horseshoe Bay Lighthouse
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1972. Active; characteristics unknown. 55 ft (17 m) square tower with a large observation room; the navigation beacon is on the roof. Located at the end of Lighthouse Drive and of a long breakwater extending into Lake Lyndon B. Johnson at Horseshoe Bay in Llano County, about 45 mi (72 km) northwest of Austin. Site open, tower status unknown.

Greatford Hall
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Greatford Hall was a manor house built by Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th century. The most famous use of Greatford Hall was as the home and private asylum for Dr. Francis Willis, an accomplished physician whose art was treatment of illustrious patients. It was he who cured King George III of his madness at Greatford Hall in 1788. In 1930, Greatford Hall burned down and was subsequently rebuilt in a similar style to the original.

Lake Buchanan Light
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1984. 110 ft (33.5 m) square concrete tower with gallery, topped by a large square observation room. The lighthouse is actually painted in a red and white checkerboard pattern, but from each side it appears to have red and white horizontal bands. Built privately, this lighthouse was not a success commercially; it was repossessed by a bank in 1990 and deteriorated for years. It appears that sometime in 2006-07 it was purchased and restored. Located near Buchanan Dam off TX 29 about halfway between Burnet and Llano in Llano County and 60 mi (96 km) northwest of Austin. Site and tower closed, although the lighthouse is easily seen from the state highway.

M-Bone death site
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On May 16, 2011, rapper M-Bone (born Monte Talbert) was killed during a drive-by shooting.

Cockspur Island Light
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The Cockspur Island Light is a small lighthouse located in Chatham County, Georgia. It ceased operation as an active beacon in 1909. It has been relit since 2007 for historical rather than navigational purposes.

Toro Point Lighthouse
1893. Active; focal plane 33 m (108 ft); white light, 5 s on, 25 s off. 27.5 m (90 ft) steel skeletal tower with central cylinder, mounted on a stone base. Entire lighthouse painted white. Capt. This elegant lighthouse, built by the French during their efforts to construct the Canal, is a familiar landmark for everyone passing through the waterway. Located at the root of the Limón Bay West Breakwater, on the west side of the entrance to Limón Bay from the Caribbean.

Matagorda Island Lighthouse
1852 (relocated inland 1873) (Hiram G. Runnels). Reactivated (inactive 1995-1999, now privately maintained) tapered cast iron tower, painted black, solar-powered 250 mm lens. The original 3rd order Fresnel lens is on display at the Calhoun County Museum in Port Lavaca. The keeper's house and all other light station buildings have been demolished. This is the first lighthouse built in Texas. Originally a sibling of Pass a l'Outre Light LA, the tower was raised from 65 ft (20 m) to 79 ft (24 m) when it was relocated, giving it an unusual tapered profile. The Matagorda Island Foundation raised over $1 million as a Millennium project to preserve the lighthouse, and the beacon was relit on New Year's Eve, 1999. After three more years of work, the restored lighthouse was rededicated on 11 June 2004. In later phases of the project, the keeper's house will be rebuilt and a visitor center will be built at the state park dock. The lighthouse is located in the Matagorda Island Wildlife Management Area. There is no regular ferry service, but boats can be chartered from Port O'Connor. Located near the northeast end of Matagorda Island, opposite Port O'Connor. Site open, tower closed. Owner: Texas Parks and Wildlife

South Shore Harbour Lighthouse
1983. 99 ft (30 m) 16-sided steel tower with lantern and gallery, painted with black and white horizontal bands.

Île Plate (Flat Island) Lighthouse
1855. Active; focal plane 111 m (364 ft); four white flashes every 30 s. 16 m (52 ft) cylindrical masonry tower with lantern and gallery, attached to a 1-story keeper's house. Building painted white; lantern roof and gallery rail painted red. Île Plate (Flat Island) is more substantial than its name might indicate: it is a high, rather flat-topped rocky island about 15 km (9 mi) off the northern tip of Mauritius. Tours to the island are available, and some of them include a visit to the light station. Located on the southeast side of the island; accessible by a foot trail.

Klein Curaçao (Little Curaçao) Lighthouse
1850 (rebuilt in 1879 and again in 1913). Reactivated; focal plane 25 m (82 ft); two white flashes every 15 s. 20 m (66 ft) round masonry tower with lantern and gallery, connected to two ruined 2-story keepers houses. The lighthouse is white with a rusty red lantern; the keeper's houses are red. Previously abandoned and still endangered, this historic lighthouse was nonetheless reactivated with a solar-powered LED beacon in the restoration of Curaçao's aids to navigation. Recent photos show the keeper's houses to be crumbling rapidly. The barren island of Klein Curaçao is located 11 km (7 mi) off the southeastern tip of Curaçao. Located at the center of the island. Accessible only by boat.

Point Stuart Light
1915. Inactive. Light centered on the roof of a 1-story fog signal building. This lighthouse was maintained by keepers from Point Knox. The light, which marked the entrance to Raccoon Strait between Angel Island and the mainland, has been replaced by an offshore buoy. Located on the west side of Angel Island about 1/2 mi (800 m) north of Point Knox. Practically inaccessible (the light is on a platform halfway up a steep bluff) but it should be possible to view the light from above. Site and tower closed.

Seaworld Orlando lighthouse
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Located near the entrance of the theme park.

Block Island Southeast Light
1875. Reactivated (inactive 1990-1994); focal plane 261 ft (79.5 m); green flash every 5 s, day and night. 52 ft (16 m) octagonal cylindrical brick tower with lantern and double gallery, attached to a massive, 2-1/2 story brick Gothic double keeper's house; 1st order Fresnel lens (1856, removed from Cape Lookout NC in 1980 and installed here in 1994). The tower and keeper's house are unpainted red brick; lantern and watch room painted black. Fog horn (3 s blast every 30 s). This is the highest light in New England. Designed as a showpiece for the Lighthouse Board, this impressive building is recognized as a National Historic Landmark. The entire 4-million-pound (1.8 million kilogram) structure was relocated 360 feet (110 m) in 1993 to escape erosion of the bluffs. In 1999 the lighthouse received $475,000 for restoration, and in 2000 another $300,000 was received. The New England Lighthouse Lovers donated another $40,000 in October 2003. The restoration began in August 2003 and was completed in the summer of 2005. The assistant keeper's house was developed as a museum. Located on the Mohegan bluffs at the southeast corner of the island.

Ras Gharib Light
1871. Inactive since 1987. 50 m (165 ft) cast iron tripod tower with central cylinder, lantern, and gallery. The lighthouse was originally painted black. This lighthouse was built by the French as part of the Suez Canal project. It is very rare, with only a few surviving examples anywhere of its design. Abandoned for two decades, it is clearly endangered. Located on a headland at Ra's Gharib, on the west side of the Gulf of Suez about 160 km (100 mi) south of Suez city. Site status unknown; there is a tank farm and petroleum loading dock nearby.

Aransas Pass Lighthouse
1857. Reactivated, inactive1952-1988; now privately maintained; focal plane 65 ft (20 m); continuous white light. 68 ft (21 m) octagonal red brick tower. Lantern painted white. The original 4th order Fresnel lens is on display at the Port Aransas Civic Center. The lighthouse is a sibling of the Sabine Pass (Louisiana) Light, but without the buttresses added to that lighthouse. The 1-story frame keeper's quarters (1919) is occupied by resident keepers. The light station was restored and is maintained by the current owner, Charles Butt, owner of the HEB grocery chain. The keepers light the lens each night. Located adjacent to the Lydia Ann Channel on the north side of Aransas Pass in San Patricio County. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed.

Pointe aux Caves Light
1910. Active; focal plane 46 m (151 ft); two white flashes every 10 s; there is also a continuous red passing light at a focal plane of 30 m (98 ft). 30 m (98 ft) masonry tower with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white with two red horizontal bands. A handsome, very British lighthouse in the tropical Indian Ocean. Located on a headland about 10 km (6 mi) southwest of Port Louis, the national capital

Faro Punta Torrecilla Lighthouse
1986 (station established 1853). Active; focal plane 41 m (135 ft); white light, 2 s on, 2 s off, 2 s on, 4 s off. 38 m (125 ft) square pyramidal concrete tower painted in a blue and yellow spiral pattern. The original lighthouse was deactivated in 1967 and demolished, and there was no light until this tower was built in 1986. Located on a promontory east of the entrance to the harbor of Santo Domingo, on the south coast of the country.

Batag Island Lighthouse
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Batag Island Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse on Batag Island off the coast of the town of Laoang in the province of Northern Samar in the Philippines. The light marks the northeastern point of Samar Island and lead international ships to the to the entrance of the San Bernardino Strait marked by the San Bernardino Light. One of the most traveled waterways in the archipelago, together with the Capul Island Light, these stations are invaluable to vessels coming from the Pacific Ocean and entering the country through the San Bernardino Strait on its way to Manila or any other ports of the Philippines.[2]

Alger Amirauté Light
About 1830 (station established before 1700). Inactive since the 1920s or 1930s. 16 m (52 ft) 12-sided cylindrical tower with lantern and gallery rising from a 12-sided building. Lighthouse painted white, lantern black. Faulx-Briole's photo appears at right, Malek Ressam has a more distant photo, Mohamed Bisker has a 2009 photo, and Google has a satellite view. The Peñon is a 16th century fortress at the center of the Amirauté (Admiralty), a complex of historic buildings on what was originally several small islands just off the coast. (In Arabic, this bastion was called simply El Djazaïr (the islands); "Alger" and "Algeria" are corruptions of this Arabic name.) Located near the foot of the Jetée du Nord, on a small island now connected to the mainland by a causeway.

Halfmoon Reef Lighthouse
1858. Inactive since 1942 (a decorative flashing light is displayed). 6 m (20 ft) hexagonal wood keeper's house surmounted by a hexagonal cylindrical tower with lantern and gallery. This lighthouse was originally located on a screwpile platform off Palacios Point in the central part of Matagorda Bay. The lighthouse was deactivated, sold, and relocated onshore following a 1942 hurricane. In 1978, it was donated by its owner, Bill Bauer, to the Calhoun County Historical Commission. Bauer also endowed a trust fund for future maintenance. The lighthouse was then relocated a second time to the Port Lavaca Community Park in Port Lavaca, at the west end of the bay, where it is in service as the Port Lavaca Visitors Center.

"Bornrif" by Quirinus Harder
The Ameland Lighthouse, commonly known as Bornrif, is a lighthouse on the Dutch island Ameland, one of the Frisian Islands, on the edge of the North Sea. It was built in 1880 by order of William III of the Netherlands. It was designed by Dutch lighthouse architect Quirinus Harder and built by the foundry Nering Bögel in Deventer. The individual segments were shipped to Ameland and welded together on-site.

Georgetown Lighthouse
The Georgetown Lighthouse was first built by the Dutch in 1817 and then rebuilt in 1830 to help guide ships into the Demerara River from the Atlantic Ocean. The 31 m (103 feet) high octagonal structure is a famous Georgetown, Guyana landmark with its distinct vertical red and white stripes. The Lighthouse, located on Water Street, is a National Monument.

Culebrita Lighthouse
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Construction of the Culebrita Lighthouse began on September 25, 1882, and it was completed on February 25, 1886. The Spanish Crown built the lighthouse to help secure its claim over the main island of Culebra. It is the most eastern light outside mainland Puerto Rico. It guides navigation through the Virgin Passage and the Vieques Sound connecting in the Puerto Rico Light System with the Cape San Juan Light.
It was one of the oldest operating lighthouses in the Caribbean until 1975 when the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard finally closed the facility. The United States Coast Guard has replaced the lighthouse with a solar powered light beacon.
The Culebrita Lighthouse was registered on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places on October 22, 1981. However, no work has been done to maintain the facility. In 1989, Hurricane Hugo caused extensive damage, and the tower was destroyed by Hurricane Marilyn in 1995. The Culebra Foundation, starting in 1994, has tried to attract local and federal attention to save the lighthouse, but they have had little success. The lighthouse is in danger of collapsing.

1906 Grosse Ile Light
The 50' wooden, octagonal tower was built in 1906 to aid navigation in the Detroit River. It replaced a four-sided wooden pyramid that had previously guided shipping traffic since 1894. Range lights were built in pairs to allow ships to align themselves with the center of a channel. When the two lights were in line a ships crew knew they were sailing for the center of the channel. The rear range light was lost before 1940 and this front light was decommissioned in 1963. The Grosse Ile Historical Society now maintains the light.

Puerto San Juan lighthouse
1908 (station estalished 1846). Active; focal plane 181 ft (55 m); white flashes every 10 s, every fourth flash omitted. 51 ft (15.5 m) square brick Moorish tower atop the battlements of El Morro (San Felipe del Morro), the castle-like fort guarding the entrance to San Juan harbor. Light tower painted gray, gallery and trim white, lantern black. A 3rd order Fresnel lens installed in 1899 remains in use. There was never a keeper's house at this station; keepers lived in the city of San Juan. This lighthouse, with its unique and beautiful design, represents Puerto Rico's oldest light station. Mari-Mutt has photos of the 1846 and 1899 towers; the former was demolished after being heavily damaged by U.S. bombardment in 1898. The lighthouse was restored by the National Park Service in 1991. Located on the east side of the entrance to San Juan harbor.

Grand Traverse Light
Grand Traverse Light is a lighthouse in the U.S. state of Michigan, located at the tip of the Leelanau Peninsula, which separates Lake Michigan and Grand Traverse Bay

Chaine Tower Lighthouse
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Sakonnet Lighthouse
1884. Reactivated (inactive 1955-1997); focal plane 70 ft (21 m); flash every 6 s, white to the east and red to the west. 66 ft (20 m) round cast iron sparkplug tower (brick lined) with lantern, double galleries above and lower gallery, incorporating 3-story keeper's quarters, mounted on a concrete caisson. The original 4th order Fresnel lens is on display at the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland, Maine. Lighthouse painted white except for a red band around the base of the lantern. The lighthouse was saved from destruction and restored by private efforts and local fundraising. In 2005, a grant of $843,000 to restore the tower was approved by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Friends of Sakonnet Lighthouse have raised an additional $170,000. Work in the summer of 2010 concentrated on replacing rusted bolts in cast iron plates. Marking the entrance to the Sakonnet River estuary, the lighthouse stands on the westernmost of a group of rocky islets and ledges, 800 yards (730 m) southwest of Sakonnet Point in Little Compton

Tourlitis Lighthouse
1887. Active; focal plane 19 m (62 ft); two white flashes every 15 s. 7 m (23 ft) round stone tower with lantern and gallery. The lighthouse is unpainted white stone; lantern painted white. This location of this lighthouse, perched on an isolated rock, is unique among Greek lighthouses. There are no keeper's quarters; stairs cut into the rock lead down to a crude landing site. Since Ándros Chóra is a frequent stop for cruise ships, photos of the lighthouse are fairly common. Located on a rock in the harbor of Ándros Chóra. Accessible only by boat.

Cape Tryon Light
The Cape Tryon is a lighthouse on the western north coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada, located on Cousins Shore about 4 km (2.5 mi) west of the cape. The station was built in 1905 and it characterised as a white building with red trim; with the lantern painted red.
The original Cape Tryon lighthouse was deactivated in 1969. A second lighthouse was built on Cape Tryon itself, opened in 1969, and is still active. It is located a few kilometres north of the village of French River.

Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site
Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site in Colwood, British Columbia, on Fisgard Island at the mouth of Esquimalt Harbour, is the site of Fisgard Lighthouse, the first lighthouse on the west coast of Canada.

Bagacay Point Lighthouse

Bagatao Island Lighthouse
Bagatao Island Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located on Bagatao Island on the eastern side of the entrance to Sorsogon Bay, in the province of Sorsogon in the Philippines. The 29-ft white cylindrical iron tower is situated on the rocky headland that forms the southern point in the western end of the Island, giving the total light elevation of 135 ft (41.4 m). The light not only marks the entrance to the bay, but also assist ships in navigating the bend around Ticao Island of Masbate province as they head to San Bernardino Strait and exit to the Pacific Ocean.
Bagatao Island is adjacent to the town of Magallanes, Sorsogon but falls under the jurisdiction of Sorsogon City.

Pachena Point Light
Pachena Point Lighthouse is located on Vancouver Island, approximately 12 km south of Bamfield, British Columbia, in Pacific Rim National Park. The octagonal wooden tower is maintained by the Canadian Coast Guard who employ lighthouse keepers at the station.

Cloch Lighthouse
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South Point Lighthouse
1852. Active; focal plane 44 m (145 ft); three white flashes every 30 s. 27 m (89 ft) cast iron tower with lantern and gallery, painted with red and white horizontal bands. 1-story keeper's house, abandoned. The lighthouse was exhibited at London’s Great Exhibition in 1851, then reassembled on the island. The lighthouse was finally refurbished and painted in 2004.

Vieux-Fort Lighthouse
Date unknown (1960s?). Active; focal plane 26 m (85 ft); two white flashes, 6 s off, one white flash, 6 s off. 23 m (75 ft) round tower with lantern and gallery. The lighthouse is painted white; the lantern is gray. Located at the southwestern tip of the island, with popular gardens nearby.
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Saginaw River Rear Range Light
The rear range light was built in 1876 to replace the original 1841 light that had fallen into a state of disrepair. The 55-foot brick tower is built into the keepers quarters and painted white.
For the next 84 years the light guided vessels from Saginaw Bay in Lake Huron to the entrance of the Saginaw River. Range lights were built in pairs to allow ships to align themselves with the center of a channel. When the two lights were in line a ships crew knew they were safely in the center of the channel.
The light was deactivated in 1960 and abandoned by the U.S. Coast Guard in 1980. The building was left to deteriorate at the hands of vandals. In 1989 the Dow Chemical Company bought the light and is working with the Saginaw River Marine Historical Society to restore the structure. With financial support from Dow and Society members, the group hopes to restore the light to its 1950 appearance and operate it as a maritime museum.

Fanad Lighthouse
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Lacre Punt Light
Date unknown (station established 1837). Active; focal plane 23 m (75 ft); white flash every 9 s. 21 m (69 ft) round cylindrical masonry tower with gallery; lantern removed; solar-powered beacon mounted on the gallery. Lighthouse painted white with four narrow vertical red stripes. 1-story keeper's house in ruins.

Tripoli Light
Date unknown (station established 1880). Active; focal plane 60 m (197 ft); two white flashes every 10 s. 26 m (89 ft) round cylindrical tower with a flared top, painted with horizontal black and white bands. The original lighthouse, a cast iron skeletal tower, was replaced by a reinforced concrete tower similar in height and daymark to the present lighthouse. Designed by the Italian engineer Aldo Bruschi, the second lighthouse was built in 1924-26 and demolished in 1943 during World War II. The present lighthouse must have been built sometime after the war, but the exact date is not known. Located on the waterfront in Tarabulus (Tripoli).

Hook Lighthouse
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The present structure is about 800 years old and is the oldest operational Lighthouse in the world.

Passage Bandélé Rear Light
Active; focal plane 54 m (177 ft); quick-flashing red light, intensified on the range line. 8 m (26 ft) octagonal tower with a conical roof; the light is shown through a square window. Tower painted white with a red horizontal band. 1-story keeper's house nearby. Located in Bandélé, 275 m (900 ft) west northwest of the front light.

Halfway Rock Lighthouse
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Halfway Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on a barren ledge in Casco Bay, Maine. The lighthouse tower, which has a height of 76 feet (23 m), and the attached ex-boathouse are all that remain, as the other buildings have been taken away in storms. The name "Halfway Rock" comes from the position of the rock which is half way between Cape Elizabeth and Cape Small, Maine, the southwest and northeast extremities of Casco Bay, which are about 18 nautical miles (33 km) apart.

Pamanzi Range Front Light
Active; focal plane 11 m (36 ft); very quick-flashing white light. 11 m (36 ft) square pyramidal concrete tower. The range guides vessels approaching Labbatoir, an island off Mamoudzou on the east coast of Mayotte. Located at the water's edge on the northwest side of Labattoir.

Sambro Island Light (oldest surviving lighthouse in North America)
Sambro Island Lighthouse is a landfall lighthouse located at the entrance to Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, on an island near the community of Sambro in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Built during the French and Indian War (Seven Years War), it is the oldest surviving lighthouse in North America and a Canadian National Historic Site.

Rose Hall Light
Active; focal plane 32 m (105 ft); five white flashes every 30 s. Approx. 27 m (92 ft) square steel skeletal tower, painted white. This light marks the northernmost bend of Jamaica's coastline. Located on the Cinnamon Hill golf course at Rose Hall, about 25 km (15 mi) east of Montego Bay. Site open, tower closed.

Sturgeon Point Light
In 1869, the Lighthouse Service began construction of the lighthouse at Sturgeon Point. Sturgeon Point Lighthouse became operational in the spring of 1870 and has been in continuous service for 137 years. It is still an operational lighthouse.
In 1876 the U. S. Life Saving Service established a Life Saving Station just south of Sturgeon Point Lighthouse. This station provided around-the-clock rescue capability for vessels in distress. With the formation of the U. S. Coast Guard in 1915, Sturgeon Point became a Coast Guard station.
The lighthouse was electrified and automated in 1939 and the last personnel left in 1941. The Coast Guard buildings were subsequently destroyed, however, the the lighthouse itself survived but was severely vandalized.

Corpus Christi Eastbound Range Rear Light
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 128 ft (39 m); white light, 3 s on, 3 s off, visible only on the range line; there's also a quick-flashing yellow passing light at a focal plane of 36 ft (11 m). 128 ft (39 m) square skeletal tower mounted on a square platform supported by piles.

Récif Vaucluse Light
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 9 m (30 ft); four green flashes every 15 s. 9 m (30 ft) white concrete tower. Located on the east end of a reef east of the northern tip of Mayotte.

De Ven
De Ven is a lighthouse in Oosterdijk, a village now in the city of Enkhuizen, Netherlands. Built in 1699-1700, it is one of the oldest lighthouses in the Netherlands.

Navassa Island Lighthouse
1917. Inactive since 1996. 162 ft (49 m) round cylindrical white reinforced concrete tower with lantern and gallery. The lighthouse is unpainted; lantern painted black. The 1-story keeper's house is unroofed and in ruins. This unusual and historic lighthouse was built to guide ships bound for the Panama Canal. Unfortunately, the lighthouse is now critically endangered by abandonment and lack of maintenance. Visitors require permission from the Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuges main office in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Located near the highest point of the island (the focal plane was 395 ft (120 m)). Site restricted (sensitive ecological area), tower closed.

Cayo Paredón Grande Lighthouse
1859. Active; focal plane 48 m (158 ft); three white flashes every 15 s. 40 m (131 ft) 16-sided cast iron tower with lantern and gallery, painted in a checkered black and yellow pattern; base painted white; lantern silver. Fresnel lens in use. Three 1-story keeper's quarters. Like other Cuban lighthouses, this tower was formerly painted all white. The lighthouse has been named for Diego Velázquez, who first explored the islands off Cuba's north coast in 1514. Located on a small island off the north side of Cayo Romano.

Lake Canyon Yacht Club Light
1985. Active; characteristics unknown. Approx. 25 ft (7.5 m) octagonal wooden tower with lantern, painted white; lantern is turquoise. This was originally a faux lighthouse built as part of the Boston Sea Party restaurant in San Antonio. When the restaurant was demolished in 1985, the lighthouse was donated to the club and relocated. Located on a bluff above the docks of the yacht club, off Mt. Lookout Drive on the north shore of Canyon Lake in Comal County, about 45 mi (72 km) north of San Antonio. Site open, tower closed

Harwich Maritime Museum
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Courtenay Bay Light
1927. Active; focal plane 13.5 m (44 ft); red flash every 4 s. 10 m (33 ft) octagonal tower; lantern removed. Located at the end of a long breakwater on the east side of Saint John Harbour. Accessible only by boat. Site and tower closed.

Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site

Loreto Lighthouse
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Punta José Ignacio Lighthouse
1877. Active; focal plane 32 m (105 ft); white flash every 2 s. 25 m (82 ft) round brick tower with lantern and gallery rising from 1-story keeper's house. Tower unpainted except for three narrow white horizontal bands; lantern and watch room painted with red and white vertical stripes. Light station is staffed. Located on a rocky point in a popular resort area on the coastal road (national route 10) about 55 km (35 mi) southwest of La Paloma

Ponta do Arnel Lighthouse
1876. Active; focal plane 66 m (217 ft); white flash every 5 s. 15 m (49 ft) octagonal cylindrical stone tower rising from the center of a 1-story keeper's house. 3rd order Fresnel lens. Building painted white; lantern painted red. This was first lighthouse built in the Azores; it is the traditional landfall light for ships arriving from mainland Portugal. The keeper's complex was greatly expanded in 1929. Located at the eastern tip of the Ilha de São Miguel; accessible by a paved but challenging road. Site open, tower closed.

Faro Venustiano Carranza

Caernarfon Castle
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Kemah Lighthouse
Its actually a standpipe for water, with a light on top

Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site
Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site marks the site of the November 1838 Battle of the Windmill, fought around a grist windmill near Prescott, Ontario, Canada. In 1873, the original grist windmill was converted into a lighthouse by the Canadian Department of Marine. The lighthouse became known as Windmill Point Light.

Accra Lighthouse

Cape Point Lighthouse
1919; station established 1860. Active; focal plane 87 m (285 ft); two white flashes, a 12.3 s pause, and then one more white flash, every 30 s, shown to the northwest; also a continuous red light is shown to the south from the base of the tower at a focal plane of 77 m (253 ft). 9 m (30 ft) square cylindrical stone tower with lantern and gallery. Tower is unpainted stone; lantern painted white with a red dome. The original lighthouse was built too high on the cliffs, so its light could not be seen through low clouds or fog. Construction of the new tower took 5 years under very difficult conditions. Located atop a steep pinnacle above Cape Point.

Currie Harbour Lighthouse
1879. Reactivated (inactive 1989-1995, now maintained by the King Island Council); focal plane 46 m (151 ft); white flash every 6 s. 21 m (70 ft) square wrought iron skeletal tower with central cylinder, lantern, and gallery. The original 1st order Fresnel lens was replaced by a 4th order lens in 1940. Prefabricated in England by Chance Brothers, the entire lighthouse is painted white. The 1-story keeper's quarters has been a museum since 1980. The lighthouse was built to help steer ships away from King Island, which blocks the central part of the eastern entrance to Bass Strait. The light was moved to a steel pole in 1989, then returned to the tower following public protests. Located at the foot of Lighthouse Street in Currie, on the western side of King Island. Site open; museum open afternoons Thursday through Monday in the summer, Saturday and Sunday in the winter; tower closed.

Punta Carretas Lighthouse
Punta Carretas Lighthouse (Faro Punta Carretas), also known as Punta Brava Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Punta Carretas, Montevideo, Uruguay. It was erected in 1876. The lighthouse has a height of 21 meters high and its light reaches 15 miles away, with a flash every ten seconds. In 1962 the lighthouse became electric. The lighthouse is important for guiding boats into the Banco Inglés Buceo Port or the entrance of the Santa Lucía River, west of Montevideo city.

Queen's Wharf Lighthouse
The Queen's Wharf Lighthouse (also known as the Fleet Street Lighthouse, after its current location) is located at Fleet Street just east of the Princes' Gates at the Exhibition Place Grounds in Toronto. The octagonal building was originally part of a pair of lighthouses built in 1861 at Queen's Wharf, replacing an earlier lighthouse originally built in 1838. The 11 metres (36 ft) three-storey wood structure is one of two major lighthouses in Toronto harbour (the other being Gibraltar Point Lighthouse).

Cape Rachado Lighthouse
The Cape Rachado Lighthouse (Malay: Rumah Api Tanjung Tuan) is a lighthouse located in Tanjung Tuan, also known as Cape Rachado, in Malacca, Malaysia. The lighthouse is believed to be the oldest in the country, its history allegedly dating back to Portuguese rule of Malacca during the 16th century.

Sukkertoppen Light
1988. Active; focal plane 25 m (82 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, occulting once every 5 s. 10 m (33 ft) square cylindrical skeletal tower with lantern and gallery. Lantern painted yellow with a red roof. Located on a promontory on the northeast side of Maniitsoq. Readily accessible from the village.

Schermo Reef Light

Louisbourg Lighthouse
Louisbourg Lighthouse is a historic Canadian lighthouse at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, and is the site of the first lighthouse in Canada.

Nosy Alañaña Light (tallest lighthouse in Africa)
Nosy Alañaña Light, also known as Île aux Prunes Light (French: Phare de l'Île aux Prunes), is an active lighthouse in Île aux Prunes, Toamasina Province, Madagascar. At a height of 197 feet (60 m) it is the twenty-fourth tallest "traditional lighthouse" in the world, as well as the tallest in Africa. It is located on Île aux Prunes (Isle of Prunes, Malagasy: Nosy Alañaña), a tiny island about 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north-northeast of Toamasina.
The island is accessible by boat, and the site is open, but the tower is closed to the public.

Dunmore East Lighthouse

Stavoren Lighthouse
The Stavoren Lighthouse is a lighthouse near Stavoren on the IJsselmeer, in the Netherlands. On two nearby piers are a red and a green light beacon for the Stavoren harbor. All were built in 1885 (probably by Quirinus Harder) and are Rijksmonuments since 1999. The lighthouse was restored in 2001.

Sheringham Point Light
Sheringham Point Lighthouse is located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, near the community of Shirley. Built in 1912, it is still used for navigation.
The lighthouse and surrounding property is currently owned by the Canadian Coast Guard and fenced off, though the lighthouse can be seen easily from a trail beside the fence. As of 2005, the Sheringham Point Lighthouse Preservation Society is working to acquire the property from the Coast Guard and turn it into a public park.

Faro de La Paloma

Eluanbi Lighthouse
Eluanbi Lighthouse (Chinese: 鵝鑾鼻燈塔) is a lighthouse located on the Cape Eluanbi, which is also the southernmost point of Taiwan, to the south of Hengchun in Pingtung County, Taiwan. Eluanbi Lighthouse is managed by the Directorate General of Customs, Ministry of Finance, Taiwan. The lighthouse is built between the Pacific Ocean and the Taiwan Strait, facing toward the Luzon Strait. Thus, the lighthouse has a splendid panorama. The lighthouse is open to the public all year around. Today, the Eluanbi Lighthouse is called "The Light of East Asia", because its intensity is the most powerful among Taiwan lighthouses.

Urk Lighthouse
Urk Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Urk at the eastern banks of the IJsselmeer. From 1617 a coal fire was used for the local fishermen as well as for the ships sailing from Amsterdam to the North Sea. The current lighthouse station was established in 1837. The tower was built in 1845 as a round brick tower attached to a keeper's house. A Fresnel lens is still in use. The lighthouse was restored in 1972 and declared a national monument of the Netherlands in 1982. The tower can be visited during guided tours.

Cap Carbon Light
1851. Active; focal plane 220 m (722 ft); three white flashes every 20 s. 10 m (33 ft) round cylindrical tower with lantern and gallery, rising from a compact keeper's house complex. Lighthouse painted white. This lighthouse is perched atop a giant rock, similar to the Rock of Gibraltar, where the Grande Kabylie range of the Atlas Mountains comes down to the sea.

Udkiggen Light
1978. Active; focal plane 40 m (131 ft); white, red or green light, depending on direction, 8 s on, 2 s off. 5 m (17 ft) round lantern, painted orange. This lighthouse stands on the southernmost point of Qeqertarsuaq (Disko) Island, the largest of the Greenland coast's many islands with a length of about 160 km (100 mi). It guides vessels to the nearby port of Qeqertarsuaq

Basco Lighthouse
Basco Lighthouse is a lighthouse in the town of Basco in Batanes, the northernmost province in the Philippines. Located in Naidi Hills in Barangay San Antonio, the lush green hills and the open sea provide a beautiful backdrop for the lighthouse. The place can easily be reached by a 1.2-Km (3/4 mile) hike from the Port of Basco.

Faro de Cabo Polonio

Ocos Range Rear Light
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 15 m (49 ft); white flash every 4 s. Approx. 12 m (39 ft) square cylindrical concrete tower with lantern and gallery, attached to a 1-story equipment building. Lighthouses painted with vertical blue and white stripes (the color pattern of the Guatemalan flag); lantern painted red. This range marks Guatemala's border with Mexico. Located about 200 m (220 yd) southeast of the border at Los Faros (The Lighthouses). Site open, tower status unknown.

Gibraltar Point Lighthouse
The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on the Toronto Islands in Toronto, Ontario. It is over 200 years old, and reputed to be the oldest existing lighthouse on the great lakes.

Pulau Pisang Light
The Pulau Pisang Light is a lighthouse located on the highest point of Pulau Pisang, an island in the Strait of Malacca 15 kilometres from Pontian Kechil, Johor, Malaysia.

Cape Bonavista Light
Cape Bonavista Light is a lighthouse located on Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland. It was built between 1841 and 1843 to mark the entrances to Bonavista and Trinity Bays and to aid mariners headed for Labrador. It is the fourth oldest lighthouse in Newfoundland. The two-story wooden building is built around a masonry tower surmounted by a lantern. The first lamps and reflectors came from the Bell Rock Lighthouse in Scotland.[1]. This apparatus was later replaced by a catoptric system from the Harbour Grace Lighthouse on the Isle of May in Scotland. In 1962 the lighthouse went dark, replaced by an electric light on a nearby steel skeleton tower.

"Vuurduin" by Quirinus Harder
Vuurduin is a lighthouse on the Dutch island Vlieland. The tower is the top part of the former front light of the leading lights in IJmuiden, designed by Quirinus Harder.
The lighthouse was placed on Vlieland in 1909, on top of one of the Voorboetsduin, one of the highest sand dunes (at 45 meters) in the Netherlands. A lookout tower was built next to the lighthouse in 1929. In 1986, the cupola was renovated. While a lighthouse keeper still attends, the lighthouse is fully automated.

Jizan Light
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Farol Natal

Pedra Seca Light

Cabot Head Lighthouse Museum

Queen's Wharf Lighthouse

North Tower
The North Tower is the unofficial name for one of the lighthouses on the Dutch island Schiermonnikoog, one of the Frisian Islands, on the edge of the North Sea; the other is the South Tower. It was built by H.G. Jansen & A. van Rhyn, and was activated in 1854. From the tower, weather reports are issued for the coastal waters. In 1998 it was painted red.

Langara Light
The Langara Point Lighthouse is a manned lighthouse located atop a scenic bluff on the northwest corner of Langara Island. It is one of only two lighthouses in the Queen Charlotte Islands – the other being at Cape St. James (now an automated station), at the southern tip of the islands. Both were built in 1913.

Jaza'ir Sila Light

Mismari Reef Light