|
A new lighthouse museum has opened at the recently reopened to the public Madras Lighthouse in Chennai, India. The Madras Lighthouse is one of the few lighthouses in the world to have an elevator.
Displaying various vintage and modern lighthouse equipment, as well as historic images and models, the new museum at the lighthouse traces the evolution of the lighthouse establishment in India. It is part of the nation’s long range plans to use their beautiful and historic lighthouses to promote tourism. (Photographs by ICR Prasad)
This story appeared in the
Jan/Feb 2014 edition of Lighthouse Digest Magazine. The print edition contains more stories than our internet edition, and each story generally contains more photographs - often many more - in the print edition. For subscription information about the print edition, click here.
All contents copyright © 1995-2024 by Lighthouse Digest®, Inc. No story, photograph, or any other item on this website may be reprinted or reproduced without the express permission of Lighthouse Digest. For contact information, click here.
| 