Northern Coast Archive

Lighthouse History in Photographs

A curated selection of weathered views, keeper routines, and preserved towers from across the northern coast. Each frame reflects maritime life as it was documented and remembered.

  • Glass-plate view of a stone lighthouse above a harbor breakwater in wind and sea haze
    Harbor beacon in sea haze, circa 1908.
  • Close archival study of a lighthouse lantern room with iron framing and weathered glass panes
    Lantern room ironwork and storm glass, 1910s.
  • Archival tabletop scene with a keeper logbook, compass, and oil lamp on worn wood
    Watch notes and instruments from a night shift.
  • Tall coastal lighthouse on a rocky cliff with winter surf and low overcast skies
    Cliff tower enduring winter seas, c. 1922.
  • Two lighthouse keepers beside a fog-signal horn housing near a timber walkway
    Keeper crew at the fog signal station, 1930s.
  • Historic freight crate with lighthouse lens components on a pebbled shoreline landing
    Lens supplies arriving at the north landing.