[bksvol-discuss] The Eastern Lighthouse
- From: "Scott Berry" <scottbb1973@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2010 16:12:15 -0500
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
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