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 Siemsen was appointed chief of the "Servicio de Faros". He built the "Faro Corona" in Ancud, "Punta Caldera" in Atacama, "Punta Tortugas" in Coquimbo, "Isla Quiriquina" in Quiriquina, "Punta Galera" and "Punta Niebla" in Corral. The first lighthouses in Chile used colza oil as fuel, but in 1878 it was replaced by Bunsen burners. George Slight designed and built in the 1890s more than 70 of today's historic lighthouses of Chile. He was a Scottish engineer who moved to Chile and eventually became the head of the Chilean Maritime Signaling Service. As of 2013, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) lists