By Sue Clark on Nov 14, 2008 in News, Press Release | 0 Comments
News Release From Hong Kong Government
The Green Island lighthouse compound has been declared a monument under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance, a spokesman for the Development Bureau says. A notice on the declaration was released November 7, 2008.
The Green Island lighthouse compound comprises an old lighthouse built in 1875, a new lighthouse built in 1905, a former European quarters and a former keeper’s house. Both the old and new Green Island lighthouses have served thousands of vessels from the western approach to Hong Kong for many decades and have played an important role in Hong Kong’s maritime history.
By Sue Clark on Nov 13, 2008 in The Light Side | 0 Comments
Lighthouse Challenges are generally put on by lighthouse groups, often as a fundraiser. The goal is to visit as many of the lighthouses on the list and get a token at each, with those completing the “course” often getting a bigger gift. Well, there’s a new kind of lighthouse challenge going on in New Jersey right now. This challenge is called
A Beacon of Hope…the 2008 New Jersey Lighthouse Climb for a Cause.
By Sue Clark on Nov 13, 2008 in News | 0 Comments
Morris Island Lighthouse To Benefit
At last some nice news from the Banking Industry. Well, at least for lighthouse preservationists anyway. (James Island, SC) Branch Bank & Trust, which used to operate the sole island bank out of a grocery store, has built a new office to serve its customers. At the grand opening last week, the bank gave $500 to Save the Light, Inc., and pledged as much as $10,000 or more to help in phase two of the Morris Island Lighthouse restoration. Morris Island Lighthouse has been ravaged by waves and shipworms over the years and risked sinking into the Atlantic until Save the Light Inc. stepped up to save the tower, shown at left as it looked in 2006 before work began on the base.
By Sue Clark on Nov 8, 2008 in News | 0 Comments
Fight To Save Angel’s Gate Lighthouse
Years of storms and earthquakes have compromised the structural soundness of one of California’s most unusual lighthouse, Angel’s Gate at the entrance to Los Angeles Harbor. The Romanesque styled lighthouse, built in 1913, is at the end of a 9,250 foot long rock breakwater and is built on a 40 foot concrete foundation. Underneath its lovely exterior is a framework of steel, designed to withstand nature’s forces. And it has, up until now.
By Sue Clark on Nov 7, 2008 in The Light Side | 2 Comments
The sister group to the US Lighthouse Service was the US Life Saving Service. Often forgotten, and certainly not as well remembered as the lighthouse keepers, these brave men risked their lives to save shipwreck victims, while lighthouse keepers mostly just stood by. Merged into the Coast Guard in 1915, with the US Revenue Cutter Service, their story is less well known than the romantic tales of lighthouse keepers.
The Green Island lighthouse compound has been declared a monument under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance, a spokesman for the Development Bureau says. A notice on the declaration was released November 7, 2008.
