tarboat's photos with the keyword: lighthouse

This is the major part of the third Eddystone lighthouse erected by civil engineer John Smeaton. It operated from 1759 to 1877 and was subsequently removed to Plymouth and rebuilt on the Hoe as a monument to Smeaton.

The Ellesmere Port lighthouse was completed in 1880 at the entrance to the Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company docks and Whitby Locks. Whilst it marked the entrance from the Mersey estuary it became irrelevant once the Manchester Ship Canal was constructed and went out of use in 1894.

A Penzance registered fishing boat heads into the harbour at Mevagissey. The cast iron lighthouse is a gem.

The two lighthouses at Nash Point on the Bristol Channel between Barry and Porthcawl were built in 1831-31 after the the loss of a ship called 'The Frolic' which was wrecked on the Nash Sands in March 1831 with the loss of about 78 lives. Although no longer in use the eastern lighthouse is now open to visitors and the fog horn has been restored and, although currently out of use awaiting repairs, is normally sounded once a month. More details and a video of the fog horn in action can be found here: nashpoint.co.uk/the-fog-signal

The lighthouse at Monton Turn on the Bridgewater Canal was completed in 2005 by local boatowner Phil Austin. He told the local paper that he planned to use it as a weekend retreat!

Niamh takes time out to explore the beach at Southerness on our recent Scottish trip. Southerness Point lies on the Solway Firth to the south of Dumfries. The lighthouse was originally erected in 1749 as a marker to aid ships entering the Nith Estuary and was raised in 1795. A light was added in about 1800 and the tower was raised again in 1843-44. It is now disused, the light having been taken out of use in the mid-1930s.

When viewed from the hill behind the Castner Kellner chemical works in Runcorn it is hard to believe that Hale lighthouse overlooks a vast range of chemical factories and an oil refinery.