Archive photos
Glass-plate views, harbor panoramas, and restored negatives from regional collections.
The Northern Coast, Still Lit by Its Towers
Explore preserved lighthouses through archive images, mapped locations, and keeper accounts rooted in maritime history.
Archive note · Coast Survey Plate, restored reference edition
Coastal archive
What this collection preserves
This archive brings together lighthouse photographs, keeper recollections, and mapped tower records so readers can follow how working lights, daily lives, and shoreline change shaped the northern coast.
Keeper stories
First-person accounts of routines, storms, family life, and watchkeeping on isolated stations.
Preserved towers
Documented locations, condition notes, and context for surviving lights along the coast.
Harbor Light
Cape Sentinel
North Head
Preserved tower routes
Archive chart preview