The Lighthouse Lowdown

We are covering a mini lighthouse for our mini episode! Deemed the "smallest working light tower in the world", North Queensferry Light still has it's original Argand lamp, lit today by visitors with vegetable oil!

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References:

1. Forth Bridges Lighthouse Museum and Piers
2. North Queensferry Lighthouse | Lighthouse Accommodation
3. North Queensberry Harbour Light | Visit Scotland
4. Tower History | NQHT
5. Interactive Map
6. Inside the world's smallest working 'lighthouse' in the Forth which can shine for three miles and is powered by vegetable oil | The Scotsman

There's a first for everything, and Navesink Lighthouse was there for a lot of them! When it became the first station to have a Fresnel lens in the Unites States, Navesink secured it's position as the guinea pig for a lot of the country's new innovations and technology. Listen in for the story of a lighthouse so powerful, that chickens stopped laying eggs.

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References:

1. International Code of Signals 1969
2. Twin Lights Historical Society
3. Navesink Lighthouse | Lighthouse Friends
4. The Fresnel Affair: Manufacturing, Technology Transfer, Republicanism, and the Adoption of the Fresnel Lighthouse Lens in the United States, 1819 - 1852
5. Fresnel Lens Development Chronology

Okay, we thought we were special having a lighthouse logo with a blue daymark. Absecon Lighthouse is stealing our thunder! This Atlantic City lighthouse has had seven changes to its daymark since it was built in 1856. Listen in to hear about the lighthouse that wasn't deemed necessary in the first place.

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References:

1. https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=379
2. The Atlantic City Free Public Library - History of Atlantic City (acfpl.org)
3. Absecon Lighthouse – Watch Lessons
4. https://photos.tmahlmann.com/Places/North-America/United-States/New-Jersey/Lighthouses/Absecon-Lighthouse
5. Adobe Stock Photos

Ever wondered what it might have been like to be sequestered on an island during covid? Desiree Heveroh can tell you! Listen in for the story of how she volunteered to keep the light station company during the pandemic and what it was like to be there without power for two months straight.

Note: East Brother Lighthouse was covered in Episode 20 of this podcast if you would like to learn more!

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Lahaina Lighthouse went through four different towers before settling on what we see today. Many may recognize the name of this lighthouse due to the terrible fire that ripped through it's town last year, and we go through some of the details from the FSRI report that was released this month.

If you feel inclined to donate, you can do so here: Maui Strong Fund | Hawaii Community Foundation

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References:

1. Lahaina Lighthouse, Hawaii at Lighthousefriends.com
2. Lāhainā Lighthouse - Wikipedia
3. The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy | KS’ Ho‘okahua Cultural Vibrancy Group
4. Royal Family of Hawaii Official Website
5. Light List | USLHS
6. Lahaina Harbor Lighthouse | USLHS Archives
7. Lahaina Lighthouse | Coast Guard
8. Lahaina Restoration Foundation
9. AP News Article
10. Lahaina Comprehensive Timeline Report

That's right, Lady Liberty was an official lighthouse! While only managed by the Lighthouse Board from 1886 to 1902, the colossal statue has an incredible history and is now maintained by the National Park Service. Listen in for the amazing story of how funding was raised, how she failed as a lighthouse, and how she was originally built wrong - and left that way for almost a century!

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References:

1. The Statue of Liberty | Lighthouse Friends
2. The Statue of Liberty | Wikipedia
3. Changing Landscapes | National Park Service
4. Restoring the Statue | National Park Service

It's easy for people like us to see lighthouses on our trips, because that's usually what we're there to do! But what if you hadn't considered yet if you want to visit a lighthouse on vacation? What if you have never planned a lighthouse-related trip before? In this episode, Vince walks us through easy ways to integrate lighthouses into your vacations or trips, whether you're landlocked like us or live right on the beach!

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References:

1. https://uslhs.org/travel
2. https://uslhs.org/resources/lighthouse-technology/patents
3. https://www.lighthousefriends.com/maps.html

This is the first lighthouse that we have covered that is a replica of a lost original - Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse was haphazardly dumped into the Croatan Sound after being decommissioned in 1955, but the town of Manteo brought it back to life again in 2004!

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References:

1. USLHS Membership Levels
2. Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse | Lighthouse Friends
3. Roanoke Marshes Light Lists | USLHS
4. Charles W. Pugh | USLHS

Ever heard of a lighthouse that forms its own beach? Edgartown Harbor Lighthouse is another case of a damaged light replaced with an existing light from another town in Massachusetts, just like Nauset Light! Listen in for how a series of hurricanes made our breakwater light into a beach light!

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References:

1. Edgartown Harbor Lighthouse | Lighthouse Friends
2. Edgartown Harbor Light List
3. Edgartown Harbor | USLHS
4. National Park Service, Edgartown
5. Martha's Vineyard Museum
6. Edgartown Harbor Lighthouse | Wikipedia

Pemaquid Point Lighthouse is another light that may be recognizable to the average American - it graces the Maine quarter! Another case of a rubblestone lighthouse falling apart, Pemaquid was rebuilt in 1835 and has withstood the test of time. Today, it suffers from the effects of the January 10th/13th storm along the coast of Maine, and needs your help to restore its historic fog bell house.

USLHS Storm Damage Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inkKRjnvvJs

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References:

1. Maine town plans to rebuild historic lighthouse damaged by storm
2. Pemaquid Point | USLHS
3. Light Lists | USLHS
4. Sanibel Lighthouse restored with new leg after hurricane damage
5. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse, Maine at Lighthousefriends.com
6. Dunham Family Newsletter
7. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse
8. Lessons Learned from Maine's January Flooding | Thornton Tomasetti
9. Acting in the Wake of Storm Damage to Maine Lighthouses.