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The original St. Augustine Lighthouse was a converted Spanish tower. A brick tower was built in 1824. The current lighthouse was completed in 1874 and remained in operation through at least the 1980s. I cannot remember the when it was decommissioned and could not find the date on line
St. Augustine Lighthouse
Fresnel lens
Wrench used to fix maintain the lighthouse.
View from the top.
I know this isn't Sky Watch Friday but check out those cool clouds.
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love the 1st pic!! tremendous!
There is something special about lighthouses – at least for us living along a coast. Well captured.
I love all lighthouses – this looks like a barber’s pole!
I love the striping along this lighthouse.. very unique!! We just don’t have them along the mountains, of course, but I would do anything to see them… they are awesome!
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Wow! That’s a wonderful painted lighthouse. we usually red and white ones. I have a lifeboat. to go with your lighthouse.
MagicEYe: TY
RuneE: My husband has liked them for years even when we lived far inland. We still do not live on the coast about an hr inland.
Rocky Mountain; Yes, but I love the mountains. Many years ago I took a trip through the Candian Rockies via rail.
Babooshka: Don’t know why they chose black & white instead of red.
Gerald: Yes it does.
Isnt it beautiful? We went to St Augustine for our vacation this year and loved it. Of course the Lighthouse was on our to do list. Such great history!!
That’s such a cool looking lighthouse and what fabulous views! I like it…
I really Like Lighthouses but so many steps to get to the top.
Bear((( )))
Love lighthouses and am surprised there aren’t more for the letter L. Great shot too.
Wow – I’ve never seen a black and white spiral striped lighthouse! Very striking. And nicely photographed, too!
Melissa: It is one of our favorite get aways.
Bearnaked. Luckily this one has a staircase with landing for resting.
Photowannabe: Me too
Jay: I’ve seen a couple in Florida.
so far I’ve seen 3 lighthouses for L and this one is just awesome! Striped one!
Fantastic perspective in the first one!
I’ve been there. Beautiful post.
This is beautiful – nice set of photos & the view is spectacular.
I visited our lighthouse last month for the 1st time. It was an overcast day, so the photos weren’t very intersting – but the visit to the top was super.
What a great lighthouse…
The bold markings are fabulous — we don’t have them marked that way here on the west coast for some reason…
earthlingorgeous: Really I hadn’t seen any other lighthouses.
Antigoni: TY, St. Augustine is one of our favorite places to visit.
Dulce: Ty, It was taken looking straight up from the bottom.
Tash: I had pictures from 2 other lighthouses but couldn’t find them.
Donald: Haven’t seen any on the West coast.
Wonderful lighthouses!
TY