Lighthouse Challenge 2

Continued from the previous post...




Jon and I in the Cupola of the Concord Lighthouse

Looking down the stairs of the lighthouse

Light keeper's House. Now a gift shop

Torpedo 


Ship Propeller



        The next day we went to the Fort Washington Lighthouse. It is located southeast of DC on the Maryland. It is the main defensive fort for Washington, DC. It is a historic park now operated by the National Park Service. The Fort Washington Light was one of the last lights in the Challenge and The only other light that we hadn't seen.

Fort Washington

Ferry on the Potomac River

Fort Washington Light

Light with Volunteers dressed in period costume.

 
The 80 represents 80 miles to the Ocean. 

Woodrow Wilson Bridge from Fort Washington.

1882 was when the original tower was built.



Challenge Map with models of each of the Lighthouses.
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