Lighthouses 2019 Calendar

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Product Description Lighthouses stand as beacons to warn mariners of the danger of the sea. As Lighthouses 2019 shows, however, only its builders can hope to protect the lighthouse itself from the sea's unrelenting blasts. Lights featured in 2019 include: Roker Light in England, Le Four light in France, the Kushimoto light in Japan, the Sassnitzer Leuchtturm in Germany, the Peggy's Cove light in Canada, and more. Lighthouses featured in the 2019 calendar include: January Standing at the end of Roker Pier, this distinctive light marks the entrance to the Port of Sunderland in northeast England. Construction of the 2,000-foot-long (609M) pier began in 1885 and was completed in 1903... In 1854 the loss of the steamship SS Nile on the Stones reef off Godrevy Island in St. Ives Bay in Cornwall, England lead to a call for a lighthouse to mark the reef. Trinity House agreed and the light was completed in 1859... Le Chenal du Four light marks the northern entrance to the shipping channel between the Ile d Ouessant and the coast of France. The light rises 92 feet (28M) above the wave battered rock on which it was constructed in 1874... The Shionomisaki Lighthouse in Kushimoto, Japan went into service on September 13, 1873. The cylindrical stone tower is 74 feet (22.5M) tall and the light has a range of 19 nautical miles... Fishing boats have sailed from Newlyn Harbor near the village of Penzance in Cornwall since the 15th century. As the fishing fleet grew, demands on the harbor prompted the addition of two protective piers. In 1914 the extension of the south pier lead to the construction of a new light... Built on the edge of the rocky shore on Mount Desert Island in Tremont Maine, the Bass Harbor Head Light Station marks the entrance to Bass Harbor and Blue Hill Bay. Designed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the cylindrical tower is built of brick and measures 32 feet (10m) tall,... Lauchtturm Sassnitz Ostmole marks the entrance to the town s harbor on Insel Rügen in Mecklenburg Vorpommern, Germany. Sassnitz is an active fishing port, as well as a recreational harbor and the first town on the island of Rugen developed to attract tourists... The Bay of Biscay may sound benign, but for keepers who maintained the Isla de Mouro light was an isolated and dangerous assignment. The lighthouse was built on the rocky island one-half mile (.75km) off the north coast of Spain near the city of Santander in 1860... September In 1832 a shore-bound light station was built at St. Joseph, Michigan to mark the entrance of the St. Joseph River from Lake Michigan. North and south piers were built to protect the river entrance in 1836 and a light was added to the south pier in 1848. In 1881 the beacon was moved to the north pier... Built in 1935 on a rocky outcropping in the Mediterranean Sea, the Faro Mangiabarche takes its Italian name from the rock of its foundation. The word in English means boat eater... Peggys Point Lighthouse marks the eastern entrance to St. Margaret s Bay in Peggys Point, Nova Scotia. The first light constructed here in 1868 was a wooden tower and the light was a fixed red beacon illuminated with burning kerosene... Mukilteo Light is located on the east side of Possession Sound in Mukilteo, Washington. The light was constructed in 1905 employing a tower built of wood, rather than more typical brick or concrete. The light became operation in 1906 using a revolving Fresnel lens that was replaced in 1927... About the Author Tide-mark publishes innovative calendars and books. Established in 1979, we re noted for creating highly informative, illustrated titles. Our work is beautifully designed and carefully reproduced. The quality you see on the cover carries through on every page. In addition to great art and photography, our titles typically include insightful descriptions of the images pictured. Knowing the story of an image makes it more than a picture. You should also know that we ve never made square cale