Coast Guard electrician James Harper flipped the switch on one of the most famous lights in America. Two metal drums on each end of a platform began to turn and the bulbs inside them flashed as they ...

The Cape Hatteras lighthouse is getting a $19.2 million facelift, including new LED lights and repairs to the exterior and interior. The Cape Hatteras lighthouse is moving into the 21st century with ...

OAK ISLAND – Not much escapes the view from the observation deck of Oak Island Lighthouse, which has loomed large over the quiet island since 1958. One hundred and fifty-three feet above the ground, ...

The Cape Lookout Lighthouse in Carteret County will soon be powered by solar energy and switch to an LED light source. Courtesy of Sara Cozart Moss 2009 Charlotte Observer file photo As it has done ...

Before switching over to LEDs last year, Flamborough Head Lighthouse used the old Fresnel lens enclosure, a 19th Century invention that creates a far-reaching beam A 19th Century lighthouse in East ...

This was originally designed for a model in a HO train set. It simulates the behavior of the light from a lighthouse. The LED intensity gradually increases, then flashes with a bright light and ...

Oak Island Lighthouse in North Carolina is the first in the US to get a rotating led beacon – a few others have been retrofitted with static led lamps. UPDATE: The Friends of Oak Island Lighthouse ...

Two Lake Erie lighthouses have reopened for tours, and the reward for climbing their circular staircases is a clear view of ships gliding through shimmering blue water. Since the 1800s, the Presque ...

OAK ISLAND, N.C. (WECT) - The Coast Guard lit the new LED-based rotating beacon at the Oak Island Lighthouse on Caswell Beach, Monday. The famous beacon’s lights have been replaced with ...

Date Announced: 24 Feb 2005 Lighthouse Technologies, Ltd. today broke new ground with the introduction of the P12-Enhanced Resolution (ER) indoor/outdoor light emitting diode (LED) panels, which use ...

BUXTON, N.C. (WITN) - The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is moving into the 21st century with LED lights replacing incandescent bulbs that have lit it for the past 89 years. It’s all part of a major $19.2 ...

A 19th Century lighthouse in East Yorkshire that has been modernised has left residents feeling "disappointed". More than 750 people have signed a petition calling for Flamborough Head Lighthouse's ...