How the fuck do they build these lighthouses out in these

Ever heard of tides?

>>8735861
yeah but its a couple hours what did they throw a bunch of stones down and hope the next tide wouldnt wash everything away. plus ive seen lighthouses that are built in places where the waves are always fucking brutal like in the north sea

>>8735861
that's retarded

>>8735858
It depends on the era. They probably build them in a season with calm weather, bringing the material on boat. Modern lighthouses aren't like this afaik, they just tall prefabricated buoys or pillars.
However that's a good question, I've never thought of this until now. Most of them probably were a big undertaking at the time they were build.

>>8735858
When the Bell Rock Lighthouse was constructed in 1810, builders created living quarters on an elevated platform above the area where they were laying the foundation of the lighthouse. In shifts, construction would occur during low tide. The actual cinder blocks for the base of the lighthouse were molded and assembled at a shipyard before they were dismantled and moved to the island.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Rock_Lighthouse
The lighthouse was pre-assembled on land, deconstructed and, piece by piece, moved out to the reef.