beacon

26 photos tagged beacon, from 8 members of Flickr Commons.

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Photography School

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 34 older comments, and then…
  • Rory Sherlock said:
    The striped poles are beacons - navigation aids for boats. maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,443338,565955,12,9
  • CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY said:
    As the setting is on the shoreline, I would guess they are a Nautical Marker, in lieu of a Light House. Could even be some form of Nautical signal station/beacon. As there are two, maybe align them, as the ship's/boat's pilot/Captain nears the shoreline guides the vessel safely in. Guessing only.
  • Wendy: said:
    Like the tennis players!
  • Irish Lad said:
    I wouldn't mind that camera. Wonder where it is today.
  • Owen J Fitzpatrick said:
    Wonderful Flickr post and photo. I'd also love to know the make of that camera on the tripod in the field. Who's the photographer and what's the photoshoot all about? Great Flickr work as always by National Library of Ireland on The Commons.

Guarding against slave takers?

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • 16 older comments, and then…
  • Niall McAuley said:
    The lighthouse built in 1885 per the NIAH, the lighthouse keepers cottage, same date. The beacon is from c1830.
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Here are Florence and Annie Nolan, the first single women working as Light Keepers that I can recall in the census. Florence is there in 1901, too, with little brother Patrick.
  • O Mac said:
    maps.app.goo.gl/6ygtDPb2asXNhaM6A
  • Niall McAuley said:
    Rookie error! I got as far as looking up Florence's birth to see if she inherited the post, and spotted that Florence is male!
  • beachcomber australia said:
    Flickr is sometimes amazing! In March 2008 via Eric Downey

Crown Point Light House (LOC)

from The Library of Congress