Guiding Lights

Mirador Magazine

“I am a lighthouse. Worn by the weather and the waves. I keep my lamp lit to warn the sailors on their way.” — Chris Thile Have you ever been in a lighthouse? THE ELEGANTLY STOIC LIGHTHOUSE illuminates the open sea, guiding sailors back home again. Lighthouses have helped sailors steer clear of rocky coastlines for more than 1700 years. The first, the Pharos of Alexandria, was 380 feet tall and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Like all lighthouses until the mid-nineteenth century, wood fires and oil lamps were the illumination sources. Lighthouse keepers had to literally keep these fires burning through the night. IN 1858, DOVER, ENGLAND’S South Foreland Lighthouse first employed electricity. Around that time, Augustine Fresnel (Freh-nel) had begun developing large lenses that…

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