NJ lighthouse returns to work with new technology protecting endangered whales

Nearly one century after the Absecon Lighthouse last beamed warnings to sailors across the water, the historic landmark in ...
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Lighthouse needs keepers with 'head for heights'

Nature lovers with "a head for heights" are being sought to volunteer at a remote lighthouse with vistas out over the North Sea. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust (YWT) said it was looking for 10 keepers to ...
SFGate

After 170 years, an uncertain future for California's first beacons

Few structures evoke such varied emotions as the sight of a weathered lighthouse standing firm against an incoming tide. Without these tall, circular towers set along the shore, California wouldn’t be ...
Post and Courier

Watching over you: South Carolina's surviving lighthouses are iconic — and fragile

HUNTING ISLAND — Few features on our contemporary landscape have been more romanticized than lighthouses. Maybe it's that they're perched at the edge of the world. Maybe it's the nurturing nature of ...
Staten Island Advance

Vintage NYC lighthouses: These 10 beacons of the harbor called Staten Island home

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The lighthouses of Staten Island are not only a part of local scenery and life, but also testaments to the borough’s long maritime history and traditions. These buildings were ...