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
Lighthouses in Chile Chile are provided by the "Servicio de Señalización Marítima" [Maritime Signalling Service], a department of the "Dirección de Seguridad y Operaciones Marítimas" (Dirsomar) [Directorate of Maritime Security and Operations], of the "Dirección General del Territorio Marítimo y de Marina Mercante" (Directemar) [Directorate General of the Maritime Territory and the Merchant Marine] of the Chilean Navy. In 1900, the ship "Meteoro" was built in Chile for the maintenance of lighthouses. Today, the Chilean Navy ship "George Slight" (BRS-63) is in service to serve the lighthouses. The United States' National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) lists 650 lighthouses (and 26 Argentine lighthouses in the