That first lighthouse was built in 1828 of rubble stone and stood 55-feet high. The second was built in 1864 and made of brick. Its tower stood 83-feet high. Due to erosion, the remains of both of those lighthouses are under water.
This third lighthouse was built in 1895, and it has an iron center tube which contains the stairway leading up toward the top of the 191-foot tower. The tube is supported by eight giant iron legs which are barely visible in my picture. (Click on it and enlarge.) The lantern room housed a first order Fresnel lens, however it was replaced in 1963 with a rotating beacon and then automated. This lighthouse is the second tallest lighthouse in the United States.
At the time of my visit here in 2000, this was an active light. Access to this lighthouse's location is not easy. Due to the distance of the lighthouse from my location at the time, I felt fortunate to get this distant and unclear picture of the lighthouse using my 500mm lens with a 2X coupler.
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Maybe you need to take a cruise to get closeups of some of those inaccessible lighthouses. If you don't get seasick, like me.
A cruise would probably have enabled me to get a much better picture. At the time I visited this lighthouse, I don't recall if there was a cruise available or not. Thanks for your interest in the lighthouses.
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