st.simon's lighthouse

 

The 1872 lighthouse on St. Simon's Island was built to replace the one destroyed during the Civil War. And no, I did not climb the 129 steps to the top -- only viewed afar.

 

St. Simon's Island, Georgia

4.23.2016

tybee lighthouse

 

The Tybee Island Light Station is one of America's most intact having all of its historic support buildings on its five-acre site.  Constructed in 1736 octagonal in shape and constructed of brickwork and cedar piles, at ninety feet tall, it was the tallest structure of its kind in America at that time. It;'s 178 steps to the top and I climbed every one of them!

 

Tybee Island Lighthouse

Tybee, Georgia

the red light house

 

The Red Light House, also known as the Southwest Reef Lighthouse on the Atchafalaya River across from Morgan City, was built in 1856 and its service was discontinued in 1917.  It sat in rust until 1987 when the town of Berwick moved it 25 miles and located in a park.  I always look for lighthouses but didn't expect to find one in Louisiana. (And I got to drive across the Long-Allen Bridge of 1933, once the major crossing along the Old Spanish Trail).

 

The Red Lighthouse

Berwick, Louisiana



lime kiln lighthouse

 

Lime Kiln Lighthouse borrows its name from the limekilns built in the area in the 1860s. The lighthouse, erected in 19119, is built atop solid rock, about twenty feet above high water. Lime Kiln was the last lighthouse in Washington to be electrified,  well after World War II when a submarine power cable was laid from Anacortes to the San Juan Islands in 1951. In 1985, the lighthouse and surrounding sea were dedicated as a whale sanctuary and research station for marine mammal scientists. Today, the tower flashes a white light once every ten seconds -- and you can even get married at the top of the lighthouse!

 

Lime Kiln Lighthouse

San Juan Island, Washington

lighthouse

 



The southern-most of all the lighthouses in the San Juan Islands, Cattle Point Lighthouse, is located on San Juan Island.   The name stems from the appearance of cattle in 1853. The major trading company, Hudson’s Bay, came here to establish a ranch of sheep and cattle, which they dropped off near the current location of the lighthouse. In 1857 a ship was stranded there, and the cattle it carried swam ashore near the point. It wasn’t until 1888, though, that the area became a navigational aid using a lens lantern. A soldier named Jekle, who had chosen to stay on the island after it had been officially named part of the United States, served as its keeper. Over 30 years later, a radio compass station was established by the U.S. Navy, and seaman were put in charge of maintaining it. The lighthouse, standing 34 feet tall, was erected in 1935 after the compass station closed.

 

San Juan Island, Washington

the dam lighthouse

 

Playing with infrared effect. . . I like the graphic design of the lighthouse.

 

Lake Buchanan Dam

11.22.2011