Light Houses Collection

Donaghadee Lighthouse
The lighthouse on the pier at Donaghadee, a popular summer holiday resort in County Down, Northern Ireland. Date: 1950s

Four of the Eddystone Lighthouses
Engraving of the four Eddystone Lighthouses. From left to right: the first lighthouse (1699) built by Henry Winstanley; the second lighthouse (1708) built by John Rudyerd; the third lighthouse (1759)

Whitley Bay Lighthouse
The lighthouse on St. Marys Island, off Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England. Built in 1898, it was in use until 1984. Date: built 1898

Old Hartlepool Lighthouse, north east England
View of the old Hartlepool Lighthouse, north east England (County Durham), completed in 1847. A man with a telescope scans the horizon

Skerryvore Lighthouse, west coast of Scotland
View of Skerryvore Lighthouse, off the west coast of Scotland, completed in 1844. Seen here with a typically rough sea

Bell Rock Lighthouse, near Arbroath, Scotland
View of Bell Rock Lighthouse, near Arbroath, Scotland. Bell Rock is also known as the Inchcape Rock (made famous by a poem by Robert Southey)

Bell Rock Lighthouse
Proposed elevation of Bell Rock lighthouse with scale

Orford Ness Lighthouse, Suffolk
View of Orfordness (Orford Ness) Lighthouse, and the station of the submarine electric telegraph linking England and Holland

Eddystone Lighthouse
Semi-elevation of the Eddystone Lighthouse from the South and also semi-section of the same from East to West

Amble Beacon Light
The small pier and Beacon Light at the harbour entrance, Amble, at the mouth of the River Coquet, Northumberland, England. Date: 1950s

New Brighton Lighthouse
Low tide at New Brighton, Cheshire, England, showing its fine lighthouse. The Isle of Man steamer is in the distance. Date: 1960s

Flannan Isles Lighthouse
Artists impression of the Flannan Isles lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides where three lighthouse keepers mysteriously disappeared without trace in December 1900

Southwold Lighthouse, Suffolk, England, was erected by Trinity House in 1889. It is 30.8 metres high and its 1500 watt light can be seen for 18 nautical miles. Date: 1889

Roten Sande Lighthouse
The lighthouse on Roten Sande, in the Weser estuary on Germanys Nordzee coast

Ardnarmurchan Lighthouse
The lighthouse at Ardnarmurchan, Argyllshire, Scotland, with the Isle of Rum in the distance. Date: 1950s

Duncansby Lighthouse
Duncansby Head Lighthouse, Caithness, Scotland. Situated east of John o Groats (the northernmost tip of the British Isles), it gives a feeling of great remoteness. Date: built 1924

Beach Head Lighthouse
The dramatic chalk headland of Beachy Head, Sussex, England and its Lighthouse. Date: built 1902

Ilfracombe Lighthouse
Lantern Rock, Ilfracombe, North Devon, England, a guiding light at the entrance the harbour, built into an old disused church. It is visible for considerable distances. Date: 1950s

Lynmouth Lighthouse
The Foreland Lighthouse, Lynmouth, North Devon, England, was built in 1900 to help guard the Bristol Channel coast. Date: January 1939

Strumble Head Lighthouse, near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Date: built 1908

Corbiere Lighthouse
Sunset over Corbiere Lighthouse, on the west coast of Jersey, Channel Islands. Date: 1950s

Tynemouth Lighthouse
The lighthouse at the end of Tynemouth Pier, Northumberland, England. Date: 19th century

Whitby Piers and lighthouses, Yorkshire Date: circa 1909

Hartland Lighthouse
Hartland Point Lighthouse, Hartland Point, North Devon, England, overlooking the Bristol Channel, was built in 1874 by James Douglass. Date: built 1874

Start Point Lighthouse
The lighthouse at Start Point, on the south coast of Devon, England. Date: built 1836

Viewing a Lighthouse
A family looking out to sea at Longships Lighthouse, using some pay binoculars, Lands End, Cornwall, England. Date: 1960s

Isle of Wight Lighthouse
St. Catherines Lighthouse, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England. Date: 1950s

Corran Lighthouse
The lighthouse on Corran Narrows, Loch Linnhe. Argyllshire, Scotland. This is the narrowest point of the 30 mile long sea loch. Date: 19th century

Transport / Lighthouses
Sectional view of Skerryvore lighthouse with scale Date: 19th Century

Lighthouses at Balboa, Pacific entrance to the Panama canal

Ship sails past lighthouse
A steamer sails past a lighthouse under the light of the moon

Scarborough Lighthouse damage, 1914
Damage to Scarborough lighthouse caused by a shell during the German air raid on Scarborough, England, during World War I in December 1914

Flannan Isles
Impression of the second landing place on the remote Flannan Isles where three lighthouse keepers mysteriously disappeared in December 1900

Iln Front Cover 1844
Front cover of The Illustrated London News, featuring an engraving of the new lighthouse on the Plymouth breakwater in the towns harbour

Flannan Isles Landing
The first landing place near the Flannan Isles lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides where three lighthouse keepers mysteriously disappeared in December 1900

Landing at the Lighthouse, 1895
Illustration showing the arrival of visitors, by boat, at a lighthouse. As is shown in this picture, the most common way to reach offshore lighthouses in Victorian times was by landing small rowing

J. Douglass First-Order Lantern, 1867
Engraving of J.Douglass first order lantern, for use in lighthouses, as exhibited at the Paris International Exhibition, 1867

Lighthouse Chersonese
Cape Chersonese is close to Balaklava, and this lighthouse is a valuable seamark to Allied shipping during the Crimea War

Beachy Head Lighthouse
Building Beachy Head Lighthouse. 43 metres in height (31 metres above water). Brought into service in 1902

3rd Eddystone Lighthouse
The third Eddystone lighthouse, near Plymouth, is built by Smeaton, originally in part of wood but this is later replaced by stone

2nd Eddystone Lighthouse
The second (wooden) Eddystone lighthouse, near Plymouth, Devon, is built by Rudyerd : it is nearly 30 metres high but will be destroyed by fire in 1755

Blackfriars Lighthouse
The curious miniature lighthouse near Blackfriars Bridge, London

Lighthouse Keeper
Head lighthouse keeper Mr. Cottee marches up the long spiral staircase at Norah Head lighthouse, Australia. Tne light flashes every five seconds and must never fail

Folkestone Lighthouse
The lighthouse at Folkestone, Kent, England

Diamond Point Lighthouse
DIAMOND POINT, the entrance to the port of CALCUTTA, India

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