Lighthouse World Map
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The Decline of the Lightship
How fixed towers, buoys and automation ended the era of crewed light vessels.
Read more →The Cost of Keeping a Light
Who pays for lighthouses, light dues, and the economics of navigation aids.
Read more →The Commissioners of Irish Lights
The body responsible for lighthouses around the whole island of Ireland.
Read more →The Clockwork Rotation Mechanism
The weight-driven clockwork that turned the light, and how keepers wound it.
Read more →The Argand Lamp and Early Illumination
The oil lamp that transformed lighthouse brightness before the Fresnel lens.
Read more →Spiral Staircases and Lighthouse Interiors
The ironwork, living quarters and lantern rooms inside the tower.
Read more →Solar Power and Modern Lighthouses
How solar panels and LEDs run today's automated lights.
Read more →Sector Lights Explained
How a single light shows different colours to mark safe channels and dangers.
Read more →River and Estuary Lighthouses
The lights that guide ships through shifting sands into great rivers.
Read more →Relocating a Lighthouse
The astonishing engineering of moving lighthouses inland from eroding cliffs.
Read more →Polar and Arctic Lighthouses
Lights at the frozen edges of the world and the challenges of running them.
Read more →Lighthouses on Film and Television
How the lighthouse became a setting for drama, horror and romance on screen.
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