Belize doesn't have a lot of lighthouses (not being a big country and all), and many of them are just metal towers with rotating lights on top, but it does have the streamlined Baron Bliss lighthouse in Belize City. Pretty simple description:
"Recent (station established 1885). Active; focal plane 16 m (52 ft); red flash every 5 s. 15 m (50 ft) strongly-tapered concrete pillar, with a gallery but no lantern. Tower painted white with a broad red band at the base; gallery red."It also has this:
"This light was built as a memorial to Henry E.E.V. Bliss, an English financier and self-styled baron who was a major benefactor of Belize. Bliss's tomb is adjacent to the base of the tower."And three pictures:
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