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Top Flashiest Lighthouses

1. Hook Head, Ireland

Great-grandfather of headlights, Hook Head is probably the oldest working light in the world. The site was a modest beginning, it seems from the 5 the century, where monks lighting lighthouse there. Their current structure has existed for 800 years. It is a light automatic, squats, and a bit '... bloated (say horizontal stripes to emphasize a life full, so it may be only an illusion). Access to light is the Tour, organized by the Centre. Teaser history - Have you ever wondered where the phrase “by hook or by crook” comes from?

2. Creac'h, France

Black banded Creac'h in feet (54.85m seriously long time), the island of Ouessant (Ushant), is one of the most powerful lighthouses in the world. French Atlantic coast is famous for churning, storm-swept ocean made numerous fraudulent granite stones, which lie off the coast of Brittany. Creac'h cuts through the waters of the beam reaches 60 km. Lighthouse Museum provides information on the operation of the light. As a bonus, visit Creac'h have the opportunity to visit the nearby lighthouse Stiff, one of the oldest lighthouses still in use, built in the late 17 the century.

3. Cape Verde, Australia

Where can we expect to find a lighthouse, but on the edge of a bay, which bears the name of the disaster. Cape Verde lighthouse, New South Wales, saw a few wrecks in its time, and especially the SS Ly-eel Moon, which ran aground in 1886, three years after the lighthouse was lit, 71 sailors died and the keeper saved 15. Disaster Bay is located on the border of two national parks (Croajingalong and Ben Boyd) and the boiler is above the quintessential Australian bush beach: limestone, sand, steep cliffs adorned with tea trees, blue water wild and the lingering smell of eucalyptus.

4. Eddy stone, United Kingdom

The lighthouse on the Eddy stone Rocks is the fourth such structure to bear the name of Eddy stone. The Great Storm of 1703 (a hurricane that blew in a week) destroyed the first incarnation, lit in 1698. The second structure is a marvel of wood, said in 1709, but destroyed by fire in 1755. The third study was made of stone and lit in 1759, but the stone was built on unstable, so the structure was dismantled 120 years later - today, visit the lighthouse at Plymouth back. In 1882, the current structure was lit, a sleek, modern look around the mansion built near Stumpy Eddy stone III.

5. Cape Hatteras, USA

You know the barber spiral wrapping around the tower. Moreover, possibly, the height - Hatteras lighthouse is the highest in the U.S. 63m. Previous incarnation was built in 1803, but was damaged during the Civil War. The current building was lit in 1871. Due to the erosion of the beach, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was moved in 2000, its original location on the edge of the sea safer ground about 800 meters inland. Visitor center and museum is not on site. It will remain active in the lighthouse, which guides the ship beyond the treacherous Diamond Shoals off the coast of North Carolina, causing some 2,000 shipwrecks over 400 years.

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