Lighthouses Gallery

Brant Lighthouse, Nantucket Harbor, Nantucket, Massachusetts, USA

Brant Point Light is a lighthouse located on Nantucket Island. The station was established in 1746, automated in 1965, and is still in operation. The current tower was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1987, it has the distinction of being the tenth light on the point, in addition to several range lights

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Petit Minou Lighthouse in Brittany

Phare du Petit Minou is a lighthouse in the roadstead of Brest, standing in front of the Fort du Petit Minou, in the commune of Plouzane. By aligning it with the phare du Portzic, it shows the safe route to follow for ships to enter the roadstead. It also has a red signal that indicates a dangerous sector around the plateau of les Fillettes (literally the girls), one of the submerged rocks in the goulet of Brest sailors remember this by using the mnemonic the Minou blushes when he covers les Fillettes

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Dungeness Lighthouse and Clouds

Dark coloured lighthouse against vivid cloudscape.The Old Lighthouse is an Historic Grade II building, listed in 1992 by Shepway District Council, recently celebrating its centenary. Opened with great ceremony by the Prince of Wales in 1904 after a 3 year build, it survived two world wars before decommission in 1960. For 56 years it provided a welcome landlight to vessels negotiating the perils of the English Channel. The Lighthouse features in Nikolaus Pevsner's famous "Buildings of Kent"

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