By Sue Clark on Jul 9, 2009 in News | Comments Welcome 
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Wisconsin Lighthouse To Get New Paint
Although having received a new and shiny coat of paint in the fall of 2007, Wind Point Lighthouse (WI) is getting another one this year. That’s because the paint job failed from the last time. According to a story in the Journal Times, this new paint job will covered under a warranty from Masonry Restoration, Inc. Visitors to this iconic lighthouse will have to hold off on taking the scenic pictures like the one by James Jordan at the left, at least for a little while.
By Sue Clark on Jul 8, 2009 in News | 2 Comments Print This Post
Grand Plans For a Grand Lighthouse
Well, maybe not anytime in the near future, but those are the ultimate plans for Execution Rocks Lighthouse, in Long Island Sound, New York. Craig Morrison, president of Historically Significant Structures, announced the ultimate plan for the lighthouse during a recent media excursion out to the lighthouse. Morrison, an insurance agent and musician, estimated the cost of renovations will be more than $1.2 million and take over five years.
By Sue Clark on Jul 2, 2009 in News | 4 Comments Print This Post
Underwater At Lighthouse
Toledo Lighthouse Society members and architects preparing to do restoration work found one of the presumed stolen boat ramps that disappeared from the Toledo Harbor Lighthouse this past April. As they dropped anchor in the waters next to the light, they hit something, and not the bottom. Divers from Toledo Fire and Rescue Operations and Jerusalem Township were in the area went in and found the 4 foot by 40 foot ramp that had been missing since April 11, slightly damaged but still in usable condition after some repairs. The ramp was thought to be removed for its aluminum content. The other 8 foot by 28 foot dock is still missing.
By Sue Clark on Jul 1, 2009 in News | Comments Welcome Print This Post
Friends of Portsmouth Harbor Light to Maintain Whaleback
Whaleback Lighthouse in Maine was transferred to the American Lighthouse Foundation and Friends of Porstmouth Harbor Lighthouse in a ceremony held at Portland Head Light on June 30. At the same time, Maine’s governor John Baldacci, in conjunction with the Maine Office of Tourism, the US Coast Guard and the American Lighthouse Foundation, announced the first ever Maine Open Lighthouse Day, to be held on Saturday, September 12. Fifty two of Maine’s lighthouses will be open for visiting. More on this below, but first about Whaleback, which will be among those open on that day.
By Sue Clark on Jun 30, 2009 in News | 1 Comment Print This Post
South Africa’s Kowie River Breakwater Light Disappeared
High water and huge waves pounding the West Pier at Port Alfred, South Africa, for the past three days caused horrific damage to the concrete and washed away the little red navigational lighthouse at the end of the breakwater. Besides the loss of the iconic lighthouse, the storms caused the shifting of massive concrete blocks and rocks, and the end of the pier started tilting and cracking. The banks of the river were also damaged, with huge sinkholes appearing where the waves had scoured out the rocks.
After months of planning, and getting approval and estimated for the addition of rocks at Montauk Point Lighthouse, including having to transfer ownership to the town of East Hampton to get the funding, a group of surfers has come forward to protest the addition of the rocks to the existing revetment at the point. The Eastern Long Island Surfriders claimed at a July 7 meeting that the better thing to do is move the lighthouse away from the cliff edge, citing such lighthouses as Sankaty, Cape Hatteras and others as examples.
