most of the lighthouses on the coral reef surrounding the keys, are iron pilining foundation with wrought iron towers.
Carysfort, Alligator and Sombrero all fit this design and still function as navigational aids, albeit automatically - no keeper required.
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Those are tweets that Tejaratchi liked?
Well, shit…
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Google Maps to roll out Trump-approved Denali and Gulf of Mexico rebrands
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Peter Bellerby of London company Bellerby & Co. Globemakers said of the Gulf of America: "It is, I suppose, an internationally recognized sea, but (to be honest), a situation like this has never come up before so I need to confirm the appropriate convention.
“If, for instance, [Trump] wanted to change the Atlantic Ocean to the American Ocean, we would probably just ignore it.”
[…]
It’s reported the Google Maps team has now designated the USA a “sensitive country,” the same label it gives nations such as China and Russia that dispute borders and names of places.
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Huh? Didn’t Gustave Eiffel design and build the Eiffel Tower?
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No, he didn’t.
He built it, but he bought the design.
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Yeah that’s actually wrong Eiffel’s company built that lighthouse and Henry-Lepaute built the lenses.
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I’m not sure who Henry Lepaute is.
Eiffel didn’t necessarily buy the plans for the tower that bears his name. He was the head of a design and construction firm.
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That sounds right.
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Plenty to add
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No Hot Dog?
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Lighthouses?
https://www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses-and-lightvessels
Sadly no one-box - but there is an interactive map of all lighthouses and lightvessels around these parts.
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how about a Lighthouse Sandwich?
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Sounds good, houmous is often a laundry disaster for me though.
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U just need a nice pinny, or a novelty bib.
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The design of the Eiffel Tower is attributed to Maurice Koechlin and Émile Nouguier, two senior engineers working for the Compagnie des Établissements Eiffel. It was envisioned after discussion about a suitable centerpiece for the proposed 1889 Exposition Universelle, a world’s fair to celebrate the centennial of the French Revolution. In May 1884, working at home, Koechlin made a sketch of their idea, described by him as “a great pylon, consisting of four lattice girders standing apart at the base and coming together at the top, joined together by metal trusses at regular intervals”.
Eiffel initially showed little enthusiasm, but he did approve further study, and the two engineers then asked Stephen Sauvestre, the head of the company’s architectural department, to contribute to the design. Sauvestre added decorative arches to the base of the tower, a glass pavilion to the first level, and other embellishments.
The new version gained Eiffel’s support: he bought the rights to the patent on the design which Koechlin, Nouguier, and Sauvestre had taken out, and the design was put on display at the Exhibition of Decorative Arts in the autumn of 1884 under the company name.
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Seeing that makes me want to watch Derry Girls (again, for the 4th or 5th time now).
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muff 
sorry
Yeah… I loved that show…
Top quality content.
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