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Lighthouse - Wikipedia A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways
Lighthouse | Definition, History, Equipment, Facts | Britannica Lighthouse, structure, usually with a tower, built onshore or on the seabed to serve as an aid to maritime coastal navigation, warning mariners of hazards, establishing their position, and guiding them to their destinations
Lighthouse Facts | The Lighthouse Preservation Society Lighthouses are built from wood, stone, brick, reinforced concrete, iron, steel, or aluminum They are designed to withstand local environmental conditions For example, tall skeletal lighthouses located in the Caribbean offer less surface area to hurricane-force winds and waves
Lighthouse Friends This site includes photographs, directions, histories, and GPS coordinates garnered while personally visiting every lighthouse in the United States and nearly every lighthouse in Canada
Home | United States Lighthouse Society The United States Lighthouse Society is a nonprofit historical and educational organization dedicated to saving and sharing the rich maritime legacy of American lighthouses and supporting lighthouse preservation throughout the nation
History of lighthouses - Wikipedia According to Homeric legend, Palamedes of Nafplio invented the first lighthouse, although they are certainly attested with the Lighthouse of Alexandria (designed and constructed by Sostratus of Cnidus) and the Colossus of Rhodes
Lighthouse History | The Lighthouse Preservation Society One of the first known lighthouses was also the greatest and most famous of all lighthouses It was built in 285 BC at Alexandria, Egypt, on an island at the entrance to the city’s harbor This lighthouse, called the Pharos of Alexandria, was one of the Seven Wonders of the World