[bksvol-discuss] Re: The Eastern Lighthouse
- From: "Scott Berry" <scottbb1973@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 20:38:56 -0500
Okay thanks for that update. I'll take a look at the comments then and get
in touch with Shelley.
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Eastern Lighthouse
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
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> Email: scottbb1973@xxxxxxxxx
> Msn: electronicman1960@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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