Lighthouses came into existence because ships could not see the rocks and other dangers in the water. A lighthouse is a building or other type of construction designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire and used as an aid to navigation. The most widely used materials are masonry, brick, concrete and steel. The first known lighthouse, the Pharos of Alexandria, Egypt, was completed about 280 B.C. It stood more than 350 feet tall until an earthquake destroyed it in the 1300s.
Hornby Lighthouse
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Flamborough Lighthouse
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Fire Island lighthouse
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Lighthouse at Barrenjoey
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Lighthouse at Andenes
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Lighthouse, Whitby, UK
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Borden’s Wharf Lighthouse
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Cape Sharp Lighthouse
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Lower Lighthouse, Fleetwood
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Warnemunde Lighthouse, Germany
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Lighthouse Campen
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Light house IJmuiden, Holland
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Lighthouse at Berlingua Island, Estremadura, Portugal
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Söderskär lighthouse
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California Lighthouse in Aruba
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Cape Blanco Lighthouse
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Lighthouse from the Hurtigrute traditional scandinavian style
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