"Well," I said to myself, "I wonder if there are any blue lighthouses?"
It turns out that there might not be, at least with blue as the dominant color. I may not have fully searched to make sure, partly because I found this one.
This is the Lange Nelle Lighthouse in Oostende, Belgium. (link goes to map). Belgium doesn't have a lot of coastline, but it certainly has some. Dunkirk/Dunkerque is just down the coast in France from the Belgian border.
Let's have some details, courtesy of the great Lighthouse Directory:
"1949 (station established 1771). Active; focal plane 65 m (213 ft); three white flashes every 10 s. 58 m (190 ft) two-stage round cylindrical tower with lantern and double gallery rising from the center of a square 1-story building. Lower 1/3 of the tower is octagonal and probably concrete, upper 2/3 circular and probably brick. Lighthouse painted white with two sinusoidal blue bands around the upper section; galleries painted gold. The unusual color pattern was added in 1994."
This particular tower stands in the same place as two predecessors, one of which was destroyed during World War I, and another which was destroyed in WWII.
Lange Nelle means "Lanky Nellie", apparently because this tower is pretty tall, as lighthouses go.
So now let's examine four pictures of the tall girl.
The image above is on a postcard.
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