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Changing Shifts at the Most Dangerous Lighthouse in the World
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:21 pm
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:21 pm
yeah, frick that
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this is how lighthouse keepers used to change shifts at the Kereon lighthouse in the Iroise Sea. Built in 1914, the Kereon lighthouse would eventually become fully automated in 2004 and end this practice.
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Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:22 pm to tgrbaitn08
WOW! 
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:23 pm to tgrbaitn08
Nope , not gonna do it. Frick that shite
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:23 pm to tgrbaitn08
Oh hell no!
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:25 pm to tgrbaitn08
And the weather in that vid didn't even look all that bad. I'd imagine if there's a storm you're pretty much stuck on duty 
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:26 pm to tgrbaitn08
reminds me of an offshore crew change except we at least had a basket ring to hold onto
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:27 pm to tgrbaitn08
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This post was edited on 8/8/20 at 11:10 am
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:29 pm to TexasTiger39
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Shocking that thing is still standing after all those years of abuse from the waves.
how the hell did they even build that thing in 1914
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:30 pm to tgrbaitn08
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Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:34 pm to tgrbaitn08
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how the hell did they even build that thing in 1914
Was about to post this. How do you build that?
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:35 pm to FenrirTheBeard
Apparently some French men do have balls. Big brass ones.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:35 pm to tgrbaitn08
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:41 pm to tgrbaitn08
That's awesome
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:47 pm to tgrbaitn08
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how the hell did they even build that thing in 1914
the seas arent always that bad. Google search also shows shift changes where its calm as hell and the boat is just next to the building
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:48 pm to tgrbaitn08
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how the hell did they even build that thing in 1914
first thing that came to my mind
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:51 pm to tgrbaitn08
they're not even wearing life preservers
Posted on 6/16/14 at 1:53 pm to tgrbaitn08
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how the hell did they even build that thing in 1914
My guess would be the original purpose of the lighthouse was to warn ships of the giant rock it was sitting on. But after 100 or so years, the waves have eroded most of that rock away.
Probably much easier to build it when it was sitting on a rock that may have been massive.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 2:10 pm to Golfer
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But after 100 or so years, the waves have eroded most of that rock away. Probably much easier to build it when it was sitting on a rock that may have been massive
Erosion, even by wave action that substantial, would take longer than 100 years to accomplish the assumed elevations needed.
They likely worked according to tidal changes as well as developing some sort of coffer damn system.
Posted on 6/16/14 at 2:24 pm to tgrbaitn08
Reminds me of bioshock
Posted on 6/16/14 at 3:42 pm to Motorboat
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they're not even wearing life preservers
At that point, would it even matter?
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