- 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
- Sheffield Island Lighthouse and Harbor Tour | CTvisit
Sheffield Island with its historic lighthouse, beaches and wildlife refuge offers abundant summer fun for visitors From May through September, visitors can board the Seaport Association's 45-foot C J Toth Catamaran for a harbor cruise ending with a one hour stop at Sheffield Island
- Lighthouses in Connecticut
Among the Connecticut lighthouses worth a visit are the Sheffield Island Lighthouse in Norwalk, CT Visitors can take a ferry to the island, tour the lighthouse and keeper’s home, and walk the nature trail
- 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
- 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 Digest - Americas Lighthouse News History Magazine
Explore the world's largest lighthouse database with over 8,200 lighthouses listed from around the world Database There is also an online archive of stories from the print version of Lighthouse Digest since 1995
- 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
- US-Lighthouses. com - The best source for lighthouse info
US-Lighthouses is one of the most comprehensive sources for lighthouse information, lighthouse history, photos, and directions to lighthouses (GPS coordinates)
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