Directory of Lighthouses Resources

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Lighthouses are an aid to marine navigation. They provide a beacon of light to guide ships towards a channel or harbor, or warn of the danger of rocks or other maritime hazards.

Resources in This Category

• Brant Point Light

  http://lighthousegetaway.com/lights/brant.html
  Large color photo and brief description.

• Brant Point Light

  http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/brantpoint1.JPG
  Black and white photo showing 1856 tower.

• Brant Point Light

  http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/brantpointEngr.JPG
  Reproduction of early engraving, showing merchant ships at lighthouse.

• Brant Point Light

  http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/brantpoint2.JPG
  Black and white photo showing 1901 tower.

• Brant Point Light

  http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/brant-point.html
  History, photos plus descriptive information on America's second oldest lighthouse station.

• Great Point Light

  http://www.skypic.com/light/4-6055.jpg
  Color aerial photograph.

• Great Point Light

  http://lighthousegetaway.com/lights/greatpt.html
  Large color photo and brief description.

• Great Point Light

  http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/greatpoint1986.JPG
  Black and white photograph of reconstructed lighthouse tower in 1986.

• Great Point Light

  http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/greatpoint1818.JPG
  Black and white photograph, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

• Great Point Light

  http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/greatpointruins.JPG
  Black and white photograph of lighthouse tower ruins after a storm in 1984.

• Great Point Light

  http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/great-point.html
  History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse which is now part of the Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge.

• Nantucket Cliff Lights

  http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/nantucketCliff2towers.JPG
  Black and white photograph, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

• Nantucket Harbor Range Lights

  http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/nantucketHbrSkel.JPG
  Black and white photograph, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

• Nantucket Range Lights

  http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/nantucketRangeSingle.JPG
  Black and white photograph, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

• Sankaty Head Light

  http://lighthousegetaway.com/lights/sankaty.html
  Large color photo and brief description.

• Sankaty Head Light

  http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/sankatyhead.JPG
  Black and white photograph, from the U.S. Coast Guard.

• Sankaty Head Light

  http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/sankaty-head.html
  History, photos plus descriptive information on lighthouse which was once known as New England's most powerful light, reportedly seen as far as 40 miles away.

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