Wichita (/ˈwɪtʃɪtɔː/ WITCH-ih-taw) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Sedgwick County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 397,532. The Wichita metro area had a population of 647,610 in 2020. It is located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River.
Wichita began as a trading post on the Chisholm Trail in the 1860s and was incorporated as a city in 1870. It became a destination for cattle drives traveling north from Texas to Kansas railroads, earning it the nickname "Cowtown". Wyatt Earp served as a police officer in Wichita for around one year before going to Dodge City.
Lighthouse is a high tower-shaped building, lighting equipment should be installed in the tower, the location should be prominent, and pay attention to its specific architectural shape, easy for ships to distinguish, and become one of the highest points of the port. As the surface of the earth is curved, the tower must have sufficient height so that the light can be seen by long-distance ships, with a general line-of-sight distance of 15-25 nautical miles, but the light should not be too high so as not to be obscured by high clouds. According to the size and location of the lighthouse, the lighthouse can be guarded or unguarded, and important lighthouses should be guarded. ...