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(Flickr's geotag information is incorrect, this is Bayonne, New Jersey.)
The Robbins Reef Light Station is a sparkplug lighthouse located off Constable Hook in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, along the west side of Main Channel, Upper New York Bay. The tower and integral keepers quarters were built in 1883. It replaced an octagonal granite tower built in 1839. The U.S. Coast Guard owned and operated the light station until the 2000s.
The light is located on a small ridge of sand named Robyn's Rift by the Dutch settlers of the area. The reef is now called Robbins Reef. It is situated near the entrance to the Kill van Kull, a strait connecting New York Bay to Newark Bay. The channel is one of the most heavily used in the Port of New York and New Jersey, accessing Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal.
The name derives from the New Netherland era of the 17th century. In Dutch rob or robyn means seal, groups of which would sometimes lie on the reef at low tide. The structure is also called Kate's Light for Kate Walker who "manned" the station alone after the death of her husband Captain John Walker in 1886, until 1919. She rowed her children to school in Bayonne. Herman Westgate was the last keeper of the lighthouse before it was finally automated. In 2009 Robbins Reef was put up for sale under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. In 2011, the Noble Maritime Collection, a maritime museum on Staten Island, was granted stewardship of the light station by the U.S. General Services Administration. The octagonal structure near Robbins Reef Lighthouse is not the base of the original 1839 tower but rather a sewer outfall that was constructed around 1915 (Wikipedia.)
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South Portland, Maine.
Spring Point Ledge Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in South Portland, Maine, that marks a dangerous obstruction on the west side of the main shipping channel into Portland Harbor. It is now adjacent to the campus of Southern Maine Community College.
The lighthouse was constructed in 1897 by the government after seven steamship companies stated that many of their vessels ran aground on Spring Point Ledge. Congress initially allocated $20,000 to its construction, although the total cost of the tower ended up being $45,000 due to problems with storms and poor quality cement. The lighthouse featured a fog bell that sounded twice every 12 seconds, and a lantern fitted with a fifth order Fresnel lens first lit by Keeper William A. Lane on May 24, 1897.
Improvements were made to the lighthouse throughout the 20th century. It was electrified in 1934, and in 1951, a 900-foot breakwater made from 50,000 short tons (45,000 t) of granite was constructed in order to connect the lighthouse to the mainland. The lighthouse was originally owned and operated by the United States Coast Guard. However, on April 28, 1998, the Maine Lights Selection Committee approved a transfer of ownership of the tower to the Spring Point Ledge Light Trust, with the USCG retaining only the light and fog signal. On May 22, 1999, Spring Point Ledge Light was opened to the public for the first time in its history. It is a popular spot on any summer day for families to picnic and boat-watch on the breakwater or for fisherman to spend an afternoon catching fish. Adjacent to the lighthouse, visitors may also tour the old Fort Preble, the Southern Maine Community College Campus, and visit a small gift shop.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Spring Point Ledge Light Station on January 21, 1988. (Wikipedia)
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Orient Point Light is a sparkplug lighthouse off Orient Point, New York in Plum Gut of Long Island Sound – the deep and narrow gap between Orient Point and Plum Island. It was built in 1899 and was automated in 1954. The lighthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The Robbins Reef Light Station is a sparkplug lighthouse located off Constable Hook in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, along the west side of Main Channel, Upper New York Bay. The tower and integral keepers quarters were built in 1883. It replaced an octagonal granite tower built in 1839. The U.S. Coast Guard owned and operated the light station until the 2000s.
The light is located on a small ridge of sand named Robyn's Rift by the Dutch settlers of the area. The reef is now called Robbins Reef. It is situated near the entrance to the Kill van Kull, a strait connecting New York Bay to Newark Bay. The channel is one of the most heavily used in the Port of New York and New Jersey, accessing Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal.
History
The name derives from the New Netherland era of the 17th century. In Dutch rob or robyn means seal, groups of which would sometimes lie on the reef at low tide. The structure is also called Kate's Light for Kate Walker who "manned" the station alone after the death of her husband Captain John Walker in 1886, until 1919. She rowed her children to school on Staten Island. Herman Westgate was the last keeper of the lighthouse before it was finally automated.
In 2009 Robbins Reef was put up for sale under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. In 2011, the Noble Maritime Collection, a maritime museum on Staten Island, was granted stewardship of the light station by the U.S. General Services Administration.
located in the channel between South Lubec Beach and Campobello Island the “spark plug” style lighthouse dates back to 1890's
Sunset as the fog rolls in to engulf the Lubec Channel Lighthouse, aka the Spark Plug.
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The harvest moon on Monday night rises over Lubec Channel Light, also known as the “Spark Plug” due to its shape.
From the Farmer’s Almanac, the full moon that rises around the autumnal equinox is known as the “Harvest Moon” because “for several evenings, the moonrise comes soon after sunset. This results in an abundance of bright moonlight early in the evening, which was a traditional aide to farmers and crews harvesting their summer-grown crops."
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It was built in 1901, a sparkplug lighthouse. It replaced a lightship, and was the last light station established in the state. The lighthouse was automated in 1964.
Station established: 1886 (lightship)
Construction: Cast iron
Height: 18.3 meters (60 ft)
Focal Plane: 16.5 meters (54 ft)
Characteristic: 3 sec. white, 3 sec. darkness
Fog signal: 2 blasts every 30 sec.
This morning's sunrise at the mudflats.
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The full moon rises over the Lubec Channel Lighthouse (aka Spark Plug) with cormorants flying by. The cormorants love this lighthouse.
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Comet Neowise over the town of Lubec, Maine, last night. Captured during twilight when there was still a lot of blue in the sky. What a fun night! It’s so much fun shooting something completely different in the night sky, and this comet’s tail is huge!
The comet is naked eye visible, although it’s a lot easier to see when it’s completely dark out and away from light pollution. As with any night sky subject, the camera captures much more detail than the naked eye can see.
Nikon Z 6, FTZ lens adapter, NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4 lens. Stack of 60 exposures each at 2 seconds, f/4, 70mm, ISO 5000. Stacked using a beta version of Starry Landscape Stacker that supports reading raw files. Edited in Lightroom Classic.
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The Lubec Channel Lighthouse (aka Spark Plug) reflects in a tide pool on the mudflats at sunset.
Nikon Z 7, Mount Adapter FTZ, NIKKOR 70-200mm f/4 lens @ 200mm, f/11, 1/3 sec, ISO 64. Breakthrough polarizer.
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"Great Beds Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in Raritan Bay, about 1 mile (1.6 km) from South Amboy of Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Over the years the lighthouse has become the symbol for the city of South Amboy. Named as Great Beds Light Station, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 2008, for its significance in architecture, engineering, transportation, and maritime history.
The light was built in 1880 with a fourth order Fresnel lens to mark the Great Beds Shoal, hazardous shallow water in the Raritan Bay. The 30-foot (9.1 m) foundation, a conical caisson, sits in about 11 feet (3.4 m) of water. The five-story tower and lantern are 47 feet (14 m) high." (Wikipedia)
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This sunset has to be in my top 2-3 sunsets I have ever seen, it lasted over an hour from the time the color started to appear until it finally faded away. I had my 16 year old daughter with me at the time and it started to cool off to where she was getting a bit cold but she hung in there with me until the end. It was amazing how much color there was and how long it actually lasted.
This is the Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse in Portland Maine. Photo taken during our visit there in July of 2012. This light, made in the "spark plug" style, sits on a breakwater by a main channel into Portland Harbor. Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse was built in 1898.
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Highest position: 77 on Friday, March 8, 2013
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The full moon rises behind the Lubec Channel Lighthouse (aka Spark Plug) with the warm light of the setting sun hitting the lighthouse.
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Fall River, Massachusetts.
Borden Flats Light is a historic lighthouse on the Taunton River in Fall River, Massachusetts, US. It is a tower-on-caisson type known as a sparkplug lighthouse.
The light was built in 1881, and added to the National Register of Historic Places as Borden Flats Light Station on June 15, 1987, reference number 87001528.
By the mid-19th century, the city of Fall River had become a bustling textile-mill town, with regularly scheduled steamboat service to Providence, Rhode Island, and New York City. The city is located at the mouth of the Taunton River where it meets Mount Hope Bay, which is an arm of Narragansett Bay.
Prior to the lighthouse, an unlit day beacon was constructed to mark the spot of a dangerous reef near the center of the relatively shallow Mount Hope Bay. In June 1880, $25,000 was appropriated for the construction of a new lighthouse on Borden Flats, which consisted of a 50-foot-tall (15 m) cast-iron tower that included a keeper's quarters. The light went into service on October 1, 1881, with a fourth-order Fresnel lens producing a fixed red light 47-foot (14 m) above mean high water. Rainwater was collected in gutters and stored in a cistern in the structure's basement level, providing the keeper's water supply.
The lighthouse, which sits in water open to the south, was battered in the hurricane of 1938. The storm left the structure with a pronounced tilt, which it still has. A new wider caisson was later added around the original one for additional protection.
In 1957, the lighthouse was electrified. It was automated in 1963. In 1977, its Fresnel lens was removed and replaced with a modern Vega VRB-25 lens. The fog bell remained in use until 1983 when it was replaced by an electronic foghorn. Under auspices of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000, the lighthouse was auctioned privately through the General Services Administration. It is currently one of two offshore caisson lighthouses in the United States available to spend the night in. (Wikipedia.)
Tarrytown Light, also known as Kingsland Point Light and Sleepy Hollow Light, is a sparkplug lighthouse on the east side of the Hudson River in Sleepy Hollow, New York. It's a conical steel structure that was erected in the 1880s. In 1979 it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Today, the lighthouse is considered to be obsolete and it's part of a county park. Tours are available at select times.
Constructed in 1897, Spring Point Ledge Lighthouse helps guide ships through the Portland Harbor.
Portland Head Lighthouse is visibile off in the distance.
Radial engine, prop and spinner of a Ryan PT-22 Recruit (ST3KR). Taken at the 2015 Yorkshire Airshow at Church Fenton. This one was fairly colourful, but the subject looked a good one for a toned-mono conversion.
the theme for the macro Mondays group. spark plugs reach a very high temperature when in use. ceramic can withstand this high temperature so are an ideal component.
Ram Island Lighthouse - Ram Island, Boothbay, Maine
Captured from the Pink Lady, who's captain was kind enough to motor us over to the sunny side.
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A 10 shot, 32502 x 10832 pixel, manually merged panorama.
I had to do this one manually, because things got a bit too crazy for PhotoMerge to handle the different POVs as the boat bobbed and rolled in the waves.
Ok so I have put the new sparkplug in and it fired up and ran till hot without any misfiring. Now its tuning this carby and a road test later...So relieved I found the issue...with my dad's help...smiles.....miss you dad
This morning's gorgeous sunrise at the Spark Plug.
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Low tide in the morning at the Lubec Channel Lighthouse, also known as the Spark Plug.
Vertical shot using the DJI Mini3 (with vertical camera orientation) and DJI ND256 filter.
The supermoon rise from Greenwich Point 15 minutes after sunset...This is the second and final supermoon of 2019...
After a number of emails I can confirm that this shot has NOT been mdified with CS2 (aprt from a resize), it is in fact approx 30000 volts being sent through it.
One of the many stories covered in, Wicked Strange: Your Guide to Ghosts, Monsters, Oddities & Urban Legends from New England.
Row out to Conimicut Lighthouse off the coast of Warwick, Rhode Island, to search for the tragic ghosts who haunt the rusting relic in the water. Back in 1922, lighthouse keeper Ellsworth Smith and his family lived in the cramped quarters of Conimicut Lighthouse, but it was more than Nellie Smith could take. She poisoned her children and herself when her husband was at shore forever haunting the lonely lighthouse.
Thanks to new pieces that weren't available when I first made him, I was finally able to give Bumblebee some knee and elbow articulation, while still keeping him at a smaller scale than my other up-sized Kreons. He's freed from the Frankenstein stiff poses he used to only be capable of.
Plus, Spike and Sparkplug now have their trademark boots! Their torsos are all from the Indiana Jones line, so they're perhaps a bit more rugged than they were in the old cartoon. But I can live with that.
Sleepy Hollow Light, is a sparkplug lighthouse on the east side of the Hudson River in Sleepy Hollow, New York, United States.
I recently had the opportunity to visit the Southward Car Museum near Wellington - a truly world class collection of cars from all eras and well worth a look.
Rather than take images of complete cars, I decided to challenge myself a little and see if I could get a few 'arty' images of cars - cars as art I guess I would term it. Quite a change from my normal landscape work!
(c) Dominic Scott 2020
Don't try this at home kids!
I connected the spark plug to cheap ioniser, added some butane gas and a sound trigger.
Incomplete.
Rear end is finished enough, got a gearbox and twin coils complete with...sixteen candles...sorry, sixteen sparkplug leads* ( insanity Claus included) as these bastards used up far too much of my allotted patience.
Front end is missing a few ancillaries, it has an 'alternator' but also needed at least a water pump...maybe power steering/air-con. Guess 'the guy' is still working on it XD
* made from little rubberbands cut open...they're are why it was so insane, if they had been long enough to stretch from side to side it would have been easy...easy I tells ya...ha ha hee hee...