LIGHTHOUSES OF THE WORLD.

@hamburgboy,

Actually, this one re-built/changed in 1837 because the original lighthouse burnt down 1827.

It is defunct since 1972 because .... but see yourself:

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/a_zps67da91ef.jpg

And since that time, we've got the highest "lighthouse" in Europe (115m/377ft)

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/a_zps4ebfd4cf.jpg

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@Walter Hinteler,

I was doing a reserve-exercise with the navy in Baltic Sea at the time when the fire changed its position. Our squadron was stationed in North Sea ... and we didn't have the latest printed charts. So had to do that manually quite a few ...

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the old ( no longer in use ) lighthouse in Luehe on the Elbe river

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/41791881.jpg

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This now landlocked lighthouse was at the end of Milneburg pier before the land around it was reclaimed.

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/d_zps2a647448.jpg

An old view of the Pontchartrain lakefront

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/c_zpsd1aaf906.jpg

The " Lighthouse for the Blind" organization’s lighthouse-shaped building at 734 Camp Street in New Orleans was modelled after the Milneburg lighthouse

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/b_zps10f2f4a4.jpg

Harry Offner was a local business-owner and onetime president of the non-profit "Lighthouse for the Blind".
The so-called Offner lighthouse ...

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/a_zps518c0cd5.jpg

... is his tombstone

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Lightship ELBE 1 ( now a museum in Cuxhaven - at the mouth of the Elbe River )

http://www.feuerschiff-elbe1.de/liegeplatz2012.jpg

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Lighthouse " schlanke ( slim ) Anna ) and

http://www.cuxpedia.de/images/0/04/Schlankeanna_alt_01.jpg

lighthouse " dicke ( big ) Bertha " at the mouth of the Elbe river

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@hamburgboy,

The former Elbe 2 lightship

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/a_zps696cc0a5.jpg

And this is Elbe 3, now in Hamburg-Ovelgönne museum harbour

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@Walter Hinteler,

This was the last manned lightship in Germany (we've still got three unmanned for two positions)

And it's the only one, on which I've ever been when in service : that ship changed position in 1970, because the German-Bight-Approach had been altered. That only could have happened, because we did the mine-sweeping before. (Under war-time conditions due to fact that only a few weeks were left ....) And when a couple of weeks later we were asked to taxi the exchange crew (their boat was out of order), I've talked with one of them about it ... and so I got a cup of coffee on that ship.

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@Walter Hinteler,

I belive that all our lightships are either scrapped or in museums. We hve one called THE OVERFALLS in Lewes Delaware ,they all seem to have been built with those stone bottomed hulls and with a large light. The crew quarters don't look too inviting .
How do they keep them on on station, a bunch of anchors? The Overfalls used to be stationed out along the Shoals that were about 25 ft deep at low tide. (Tankers slosh around and can bob to that depth before they are lightered)

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@Walter Hinteler,

Walter ,

are you sure it was " coffee " that they served you ? ... Wink

...

Quote:

Der Pharisäer wird aus starkem Kaffee zubereitet, der mit Würfelzucker gesüßt wird und mit 4 cl braunem Rum (Jamaika oder Jamaika-Verschnitt 54 %) und anschließend mit Schlagsahne ergänzt wird.

1981 urteilte das Amtsgericht Flensburg[1], dass 2 cl Rum nicht ausreichend seien für einen Pharisäer.
.....................................................................................
hope it isn't an offence to serve less than 4 cl !

having just watched Spiegel TV about rules and regulations in Germany , makes me wonder !

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@edgarblythe,

Actually the same picture.

edgarblythe wrote:

On Lake Michigan

tsarstepan wrote:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/02/winter-pictures-frozen_n_4519165.html?utm_hp_ref=green

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@Walter Hinteler,

Some more trivia.
The Alexander von Humboldt (I), known from the commercials for Becks beer ...

... was originally built in in 1906 as Reserve Sonderburg. Acted as "Kiel lightship" until Kiel lighthouse was taken in service in 1968. Then, it was a reserve lightship on various position in the North Sea ("Elbe 1", "Weser", "Borkumriff", "P8", "P12", "Deutsche Bucht").
In September 1986, after a collision with a Liberian tanker, it was taken out of service and later became a sail-training ship ...

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@farmerman,

Anchor - 2.5 tons

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/b_zpsf9bdc2b2.jpg

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/a_zpsbf5142d5.jpg

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@farmerman,

fm ,

wiki re. Lightvessels

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightvessel#Popular_culture

Quote:

Holding the vessel in position was an important aspect of lightvessel engineering. Early lightships used fluke anchors, which are still in use on many contemporary vessels. These were not very satisfactory, since a lightship has to remain stationary in very rough seas which other vessels can avoid, and these anchors are prone to dragging.

Since the early 19th century, lightships have used mushroom anchors, named for their shape, which typically weigh 3-4 tons. They were invented by Robert Stevenson. The first lightvessel equipped with one was an 82-ton converted fishing boat, renamed Pharos, which entered service on 15 September 1807 near to Bell Rock and had a 1.5 ton anchor. The effectiveness of these anchors improved dramatically in the 1820s, when cast iron anchor chains were introduced (the rule of thumb being 6 feet of chain for every foot depth of water).

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@Walter Hinteler,

I've copied the postion from openseamap - no idea, why the second lightship is marked there as a buoy, but you get the idea, why larger signs are in use

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/a_zpsda5eb3dc.jpg

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/b_zpsb957f881.jpg

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Just remembering another trivia:
sometimes (perhaps after a cup of coffee, hamburger Wink

) even in 1970, the radio operator for Kiel lighthouse answered calls with "This is Kiel lightvessel" Smile

http://i1334.photobucket.com/albums/w641/Walter_Hinteler/a_zps81c16a25.jpg

Kiel lighthouse - (nearly exactly) at the position of the former Kiel lightvessel

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@Walter Hinteler,

walter ,

i'm sure you remember Bernhard Jakstatt (?) :

" Rum MUSS , Zucker darf ... Wasser braucht nicht " ! ... Wink

...

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@hamburgboy,

Or as they say in Low German: "Rum mut, Zucker kann, Water bruuk nich."

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@Walter Hinteler,

Point-au-Pere Lighthouse ( Lower St. Lawrence River )

( I still remember that when we came up the St. Lawrence River in 1956 ,
Point-au-Pere is where the river pilot came aboard .
what surprised us was that he was wearing a HAT ( ! ) - and not a sailor's cap )

http://lighthouse.boatnerd.com/gallery/stlawrence/PointeAuPere-gb.jpg

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just published article on one set of lighthouses by an occasional A2k poster

Cape Vincent Harbor Lighthouses

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