Lighthouse News Tidbits
By Sue Clark on Jul 9, 2007 in Lighthouses For Sale, News, Restoration 
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Various bits of lighthouse news from around the internet…
Would you like to be by the sea?
An eighteenth century former lighthouse keeper’s home is for sale in Norfolk, UK, according to an article from the Eastern Daily Press. The home is one of two that sandwich the red and white lighthouse tower at Happisburgh. Built in 1791, it has two double bedrooms, a sitting room with fireplace, kitchen-dining room and bathroom, with a large cellar containing a games, study and storage areas. It comes furnished, and is listed at £247,500. Its only drawback is that in one hundred years, three quarters of the land between the lighthouse and the sea may be swallowed up due to erosion.
Lighthouses a beacon of hope
From the Keizer (Oregon) Times online is a story about a woman, Robin Smith, who fought the depression brought on by cancer treatments by building and selling lighthouses. The lighthouses range from three to five feet, and are environmentally correct. They’re created out of concrete forms her husband, a concrete builder, would bring home after using them, planning to throw them out. Rather than tossing them, she turns them into amazing structures that are topped with solar powered lamps, just like many of the working lighthouses.
Port Isabel Lighthouse Doubles as a Movie Theater
Lighthouses Forever has done a nice post about an article I saw online, regarding the use of the Port Isabel Lighthouse as a movie theater screen. Another unusual use of a lighthouse, and a fun one at that.
Whirlpool, lighthouse lead the pack in Seven Wonders contest
And in a race for the Seven Wonders of Niagara Falls, the Niagara Falls Review reports that Point Abino Lighthouse in Fort Erie, Ontario, leads the pack in votes (with 28) for inclusion in the Seven Wonders. According to the story, the purpose of the contest is to allow Niagara Falls and Fort Erie residents to choose sites that are important to them. It doesn’t matter if a site is natural or man-made, newly built or a piece of history; it’s what it evokes in people that makes it a wonder.
Roanoke River Lighthouse Moved to Colonial Park in Edenton
And from Dean Stephen’s blog, the Chowan River Patriot, is a pictorial entry about the moving of the Roanoke River Lighthouse to its new home in Colonial Park, Edenton, North Carolina. Dean had a front row seat, so to speak, and got some fantastic photos of the move. Be sure to check it out, and don’t miss the video link posted at the bottom of the actual move. It’s really something to see.
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