Map

Preserved towers in place and context

This map helps you understand where surviving lighthouse structures stand today and how each site is documented within the northern coast archive.

Primary towers — standing light stations with verified preservation status.
Keeper quarters — adjacent buildings tied to lighthouse operation and recorded accounts.
Coastal approach lines — historic navigation routes used for regional reference.

Preserved network overview

A compact reference to the main preservation types visitors will encounter across the northern coast archives and field sites.

Original masonry and iron towers that remain in place as anchors of the coastal skyline.

Former aid-to-navigation sites now interpreted with exhibits, keeper artifacts, and guided context.

Lanterns and compact structures moved inland for conservation while retaining their documented provenance.

Protected stations visible from public routes but open only for limited research or stewardship access.

Field notes from preserved towers

Short observations gathered from exposed points, working harbors, and remote headlands along the northern coast.

Salt winds strip paint quickly on the seaward face. Masonry checks are now scheduled before each winter storm cycle.

Access road flooding has narrowed visitation windows. Local crews coordinate repairs around tide charts and school ferry routes.

Later concrete repairs remain visible beside original stone courses, marking each restoration phase in the tower skin.

Remote footing limits heavy equipment transport. Timber gallery work is staged in small loads and lifted by hand teams.

Shoreline retreat has shifted the footpath inland twice in ten years. Wayfinding posts now record former cliff edges for researchers.

Volunteer glazing workshops now preserve the lantern room windows each spring, reducing replacement loss after gales.

These site notes are one layer of the record; continue through the archive in History and Stories for fuller coastal context.