Tallest Lighthouses in The World | Part 2

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Thanks for watching......... 11) Osinovetsky Light Stone 233 feet (71 m) Lake Ladoga, Russia 12) Punta Penna Lighthouse Concrete 233 feet (71 m) Abruzzo, Italy 13) Vittoria Light Stone 223 feet (68 m) Trieste, Italy 14) Cordouan lighthouse Stone 223 feet (68 m) Gironde, France 15) Recalada a Bahía Blanca Light Cast iron skeletal 220 feet (67 m) Monte Hermoso, Argentina 16) Planier Light Stone 216 feet (66 m) Marseille, France 17) Maasvlakte Light Concrete 216 feet (66 m) Maasvlakte, Netherlands 18) Campen Lighthouse Steel skeletal 213 feet (65 m) Ems (river), Germany 19) Lange Nelle Lighthouse concrete 65 metres (213 ft) Port of Ostend, Belgium 20) Mikelbaka Stone 213 feet (65 m) Mikeltornis, Latvia Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_lighthouses_in_the_world A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and used as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals, reefs, safe entries to harbors, and can also assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and replacement by modern electronic navigational systems. Before the development of clearly defined ports mariners were guided by fires built on hilltops. Since raising the fire would improve the visibility, placing the fire on a platform became a practice that led to the development of the lighthouse. In antiquity, the lighthouse functioned more as an entrance marker to ports than as a warning signal for reefs and promontories, unlike many modern lighthouses. The most famous lighthouse structure from antiquity was the Pharos of Alexandria, although this collapsed during an earthquake centuries later. The intact Tower of Hercules at A Coruña and the ruins of the Roman lighthouse at Dover Castle in England give insight into ancient lighthouse construction; other evidence about lighthouses exists in depictions on coins and mosaics, of which many represent the lighthouse at Ostia. Coins from Alexandria, Ostia, and Laodicea in Syria also exist. The modern era of lighthouses began at the turn of the 18th century, as lighthouse construction boomed in lockstep with burgeoning levels of transatlantic commerce. Advances in structural engineering and new and efficient lighting equipment allowed for the creation of larger and more powerful lighthouses, including ones exposed to the sea. The function of lighthouses shifted toward the provision of a visible warning against shipping hazards, such as rocks or reefs. The Eddystone Rocks were a major shipwreck hazard for mariners sailing through the English Channel.[1] The first lighthouse built there was an octagonal wooden structure, anchored by 12 iron stanchions secured in the rock, and was built by Henry Winstanley from 1696 to 1698. His lighthouse was the first tower in the world to have been fully exposed to the open sea. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse