Thursday, October 21, 2010

International Light House Collectibles

If you have ever had the chance to actually see a lighthouse, then you can understand why people are fascinated by them. Standing alone in a safe manner as a beacon for ships in port, some of these buildings are several hundred years, and some may even be their own works of art. Being close to these majestic buildings can be rolled up a nautical look in our past when the ships sail the seas in search of safe havens to give.

You can keep these images and sensationsitself, and is there a way to do this, with the lights of the international gathering. There are many different companies and artists who painstakingly new headlights, find the details in tone that in the real thing.

The beauty of it's Collectibles Lighthouse International, which are very detailed, and you can buy, the actual lights from around the world. Here are some examples:

Macquarie LighthouseAustralia

The construction of the lighthouse began in 1881 and the light show for the first time in 1883. James Barnet designed a replica of the original tower, a large crown, a large hall lantern and a larger device with a gate of bronze was included. This design is trademark of Barnet. The new light was a sixteen-sided giant lens dioptric holophotal rotating white light on the system of Fresnel-based, about two meters in diameter, which emits a flash every 8 secondsMinute with a range of 25 nautical miles.

Manufacturers, Chance Brothers of Birmingham described the lighting device more efficient in the world. He had an operation and electrical performance was by two magnets and two merits De weighed half a ton of production. Only one of the generators still exists and you see the lighthouse. The substation is part of the original museum.

The electrical device was used only in case of bad weather. Each time it was really badWeather in the second magnet was used. It produces a light of 6,000,000 candles, the most powerful in the world right now. On a clear day light was provided by a gas burner.

With the start of the new light of the lantern from the old tower was removed, the building was demolished a few years. The generators for the new light was too expensive to run in 1912, the unit was converted into a vaporized kerosene incandescent mantle system.

In 1933 theThe light is converted into electrical energy by connecting the power supply of the city. A smaller lens was installed and this is the type of surgery you will see today. The Macquarie Lighthouse was fully automated in 1976. The keepers were removed in 1989.

St. David's Lighthouse, Bermuda

This lighthouse was honored in 2004 as Winner's Choice. St David's Light House is an integral part of the landscape Bermuda, the small islands of beauty, to set aGran Paradiso vacation. The lighthouse tower has a gleaming white limestone, with a wide red central region. It lies on the eastern tip of Bermuda, the eastern end of St David Iceland. E 'was of seafarers driving more than 120 years. E 'was built in 1879 and since then he has worked since then.

St. David's Lighthouse is one of only two lighthouses Bermuda. The lighthouse sits on a sturdy tower of 55 feet. The objective of the Second Order throws a steady White 30,000Candela. E 'range is about 20 nautical miles and has a total height of 208 meters above sea level.

In addition to incoming vessels used as a guard to warn the Lighthouse St. David is also a target for the famous Newport Bermuda Race. Sailing ships through the 635-mile Ocean Race from Newport, Rhode Island at the foot of the lighthouse at St. David's. Professional and amateur sailors in the two years of racing.

St. David's Island is a popular destinationTourist attraction. From May to September, the historic lighthouse is open to the public. The lighthouse balcony offers a magnificent view of the rugged landscape in the Eastern Sea and a magnificent panorama of water and land in the West. If you visit St. David's Lighthouse, you will surely be an unforgettable experience.

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