[bksvol-discuss] Re: The Eastern Lighthouse
- From: Courtney Stover <liamskitten@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 20:30:55 -0500
Scott,
In a previous thread, Shelley offered to rerequest the book for you; I
just wanted to let you know because messages can get lost, especially
when there're a large number in one thread. She usually puts her
E-mail in the comments section of the submission.
Hth,
Courtney
On 7/6/10, Scott Berry <scottbb1973@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This passage is also messed up there are some Islands that I can't figure
> out.
>
> At one time or another, at least twelve separate light stations have guarded
> the county's shores: the lighthouses at False Duck Island (built in 1829),
> Point Petre (1833), Presquile Point (1854), Scotch Bonnet Reef (1856), Point
> Pleasant (1866), Telegraph Island (1870), Point (1854), Scotch Bonnet Reef
> (1856), Point Pleasant (1866), Telegraph Island (1870), Island (1894),
> Onderdonk Point (1911), and Main Duck Island (1913). But time has been as
> hard on these old lighthouses as the county itself has been on ships. All
> but a few of the lighthouses have been abandoned, and most have fallen into
> ruins or disappeared altogether.
>
> The oldest lighthouse in the county stood for many years on False Duck
> Island, which, as you might guess, was often mistaken by ships' pilots for
> Main Duck Island. Built of concrete and stone at a cost of approximately
> 1,000 British pounds ($3,890), the station featured a sixty-three-foot tower
> displaying a fixed white light provided by oil lamps.
>
> One night in 1905 an extraordinarily powerful trident of lightning struck
> the station, blasting apart the lantern room and burning the dwelling and
> oil house to the ground. Keeper Do
>
>
> Scott Berry
> MCP
> Linux user number 509373
> Email: scottbb1973@xxxxxxxxx
> Msn: electronicman1960@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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