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- A Brief History of New Dungeness Lighthouse - Vintage and contemporary photos plus narrative description on light situated on a spit in the Strait of Juan de FucaPuget Sound in Washington state.
dungeness.com/lighthouse/history.htm
- Buffalo Light: Guardian of the Harbor - Extensive information on history of lighthouse located on Lake Eries, as well as light station on Horseshoe Reef and Light Vessel 82.
bhw.buffnet.net/light/nf-bl-flash.htm
- Cape Hatteras Lighthouse - The United States National Park Service gives the schedule and reasons for moving this lighthouse, with links.
www.nps.gov/caha/lrp.htm
- Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse Project - Information on lighthouse types, light ships, lamps and lenses, with photos and descriptive information.
baylights.tripod.com/index.htm
- Chesapeake Bay Lights - Indentification of architectural style and information on date built, order of lens and whether or not light is still in service.
www.lighthousegetaway.com/lights/chesapeake.html
- Craygo's Lighthouse Photographs - Photographs and description of Great Lakes lighthouses and the Kiluea lighthouse in Hawaii.
www.geocities.com/rhwilcox/index.html
- Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation, Inc. - Nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the lighthouses of the Delaware River and Bay. Includes survey of lights, with information on year built and whether or not still active.
www.delawarelights.org
- Fairport Harbor Marine Museum and Lighthouse - Virtual tour and overview of lighthouse museum located in Fairport Harbor, Ohio.
www.ncweb.com/org/fhlh
- Grandma's Lighthouses - American lighthouse histories, brave women, haunted lighthouses and related information.
seadrift.tripod.com
- Granite Island Light Station - Lake Superior - Photos, videos and history of the lighthouse plus information on its restoration.
www.graniteisland.com
- Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association - Nonprofit organization with the purpose of facilitating the accumulation and exchange of information about the histories of the lighthouses and their keepers.
gllkakeepers.virtualave.net
- Great Lakes Lights - Contemporary color photos and detailed information on lighthouses located on Lake Ontario, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron and Lake Superior.
www.lighthousegetaway.com/lights/g_lakes.html
- Greg's Lighthouse Page - Pictures of lighthouses around the Great Lakes and East Coast.
home.att.net/~grg71
- Larry's Lights - Original photography and historical briefs of lighthouses, mainly in the Eastern U.S. Also provides links to other lighthouse-related websites and lighthouse web cams.
mywebpages.comcast.net/larrylights
- Legendary Lighthouses - Photo gallery and information on lighthouses in the United States. From the Public Broadcasting Network series of the same name.
www.pbs.org/legendarylighthouses
- Lighthouse Friends - Photographs, description and history of U.S. lighthouses
www.lighthousefriends.com
- Lighthouse Preservation Society - A nonprofit organization aiming restore these landmarks and to create lighthouse parks, museums, and other public re-uses of the lights. Successes listed.
www.mayday.com/lps/index.htm
- Lighthouses in the U.S. - Photos and information on lights located in the northeast, Florida and California.
www.cyberlights.com/lh/stateindex.htm
- Lighthouses of America - Terry's personal page of expandable thumbnail photographs with brief histories of lighthouses in New Jersey and Martha's Vineyard.
iwaniw.netfirms.com/lights
- Lighthouses of Del-Mar-Va - History and stories on Fenwick Island Lighthouse, Assateague Lighthouse,Thomas Point Lighthouse and other information.
www.angelfire.com/id/TimelyTreasures/FILight.html
- Lighthouses of North Carolina - Information on the major North Carolina lighthouses, including history, visitor information and driving directions.
www.carolinalights.com
- Lighthouses of the South - Guide to lighthouses in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina. Includes location maps, personal observations, history and illustrations.
www.bansemer.com/lighthouses.htm
- Lighthouses, Lightships and Aids to Navigation - Extensive information from the U.S. Coast Guard, including lighthouse evolution and typology, history of lightships, U.S. lighthouse service chronology from 1716-1939 and several other subject areas.
www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/h_lhindex.html
- LiLee's Lighthouse Lane - Photos and information on rescued lights, lighthouse preservation and the lights of New England, New York and New Jersey.
members.tripod.com/~LiLeeC
- Long Island Chapter, US Lighthouse Society - All volunteer, nonprofit organization established to assist in the restoration and preservation of the lighthouses of the Long Island, New York area.
www.LILighthouseSociety.org
- Long Island's Lighthouses - Photos, history and information on events and preservation efforts of the Long Island chapter of the U.S. Lighthouse Society.
www.longislandlighthouses.com
- Montauk Lighthouse - Contemporary color photograph and data provided for light on Long Island, New York.
www.easthampton.com/history/lighthouse.html
- New Jersey Lighthouse Society - A non-profit, educational corporation dedicated to the history and preservation of lighthouses everywhere, but particularly in the New Jersey, Delaware Bay and New York Harbor areas.
njlhs.burlco.org
- Night Beacon - Lighthouse picture tour of the U.S. Great Lakes and Eastern coast, with history and locations. Locate lighthouses by map or list.
www.nightbeacon.com
- North Carolina's Lighthouses - Photos and descriptions, plus information on driving tours to see the many lights of the Outer Banks.
www.outer-banks.com/lighthouses.cfm
- Oregon Lighthouses - Virtual tour with contemporary color photographs, historical information and data.
www.lighthousegetaway.com/lights/oregon.html
- Outer Banks Lighthouse Society - Organized in 1994 to aid in the preservation of the lighthouses on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
www.outer-banks.com/lighthouse-society
- Park Net: Lighthouse Heritage - Survey of historic light stations within the US National Park system: photograph, date and basic facts on construction given for each. Lighthouse lens inventory; lighthouses to visit, preservation.
www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/lt_index.htm
- Pelican Bay Lighthouse - Facts and history of privately owned lighthouse at Port of Brookings Harbor in Oregon.
www.brookingsor.com/BrookingsOR/pelicanbay%20lighthouse%201.htm
- Pottawatomie Lighthouse - Extensive historical information on the structure and the keepers of the light, which is situated on Rock Island at the mouth of Green Bay in Wisconsin.
uniontel.net/~cmarlspc/History/index.html
- Rhonda and Doug's Lighthouse Page - Photographs of North Carolina's lighthouses, with historical notes on each.
www.geocities.com/SouthBeach/Bluffs/2423/lighthouses.html
- Rod's Photo Gallery: Lighthouses - Rod Watson's photography of over 100 lighthouses across the U.S. A brief history and description of each light is included, and arranged geographically.
home.neo.rr.com/rodsphotogallery/Lighthouses/LighthouseIndex.html
- Rose Island Lighthouse - Photo and information for light located in Newport, Rhode Island.
www.maine.com/lights/rose-isl.htm
- Sapelo Island Light House - History plus information on restoration project and fundraising efforts. Lighthouse located in Georgia, U.S.
www.georgianet.org/dnr/parks/lighthouse
- Seeing The Light - Terry and Sue Pepper present their photographs and information on the lighthouses that dot the coasts of Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron.
www.terrypepper.com/lights
- The American Lighthouse Foundation - For the preservation of historic lighthouses. Includes the New England Lighthouse Foundation.
www.lighthousefoundation.org
- The Selkirk Lighthouse - History and images of this lighthouse built in 1838 at the junction of the Salmon River and Lake Ontario, New York, supplied by the Selkirk Lighthouse Keeper.
www.maine.com/lights
- Through the Sea by Light A Tour of California Lighthouses - Article by Bridget M. Rohrer from About.com. History, location, lighthouse photographs, accessible lighthouses.
gocalifornia.about.com/library/weekly/aa091100.htm
- Towers of the Atlantic Coast - Information on lights from the Montauk Point Light at the tip of Long Island, New York south to St. Simons Light in Georgia.
www.lighthousegetaway.com/lights/atlantic.html
- Tybee Island Light Station - Narrative history of the towers, lightkeepers' houses, Fresnel lens during the Civil War and related information. Located on Tybee Island, east of Savannah, Georgia.
tybeelighthouse.org
- U. S. Lighthouses - Photos and narrative descriptions on many lights across the U.S.
www.us-lighthouses.org
- United States Lighthouse Society - Nonprofit historical and educational organization provides information on programs, tours, projects and chapters.
www.uslighthousesociety.org
- US Lighthouse Society - Chesapeake Chapter (Virginia and Maryland). Includes photos, maps, club information.
www.cheslights.org
- Virginia Lighthouses - Photographs and information from Phil Payette about existing and former lighthouses on the waterways and coast of Virginia.
members.aol.com/valights/index.htm
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