Casquets lighthouses Casquets lighthouses Casquets Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on the rocky Les Casquets, Alderney, Channel Islands. Casquets Lighthouse is the latest in a series of three lights on Les Casquets. The first lighthouses started operation on 30 October 1724, and were three towers lit by coal fires called St Peter, St Thomas and the Dungeon. Three stone towers were built to give the lights a distinctive appearance which would not be confused with lighthouses in nearby France. They were built by Thomas Le Cocq, owner of the rocks, under license from Trinity House and who was paid a halfpenny
History of lighthouses of our early development and remains an essential part of Maritime navigation even today. In 1835 the first lighthouse was built at Ponce Inlet. It was on the south side of Mosquito Lagoon. Unfortunately it was doomed seemingly from the beginning. First the oil was never delivered. The oil is what fueled the lamp. And right after that a strong storm washed away a lot of the sand around the lighthouse. Then the Seminole Indians not involved and they attacked the Ponce Inlet lighthouse and pretty much destroyed it. Lighthouses were soon built along the marshy coast lines from Delaware