Copyright (c)2000-2005 Debbie Dolphin All rights reserved. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/Content.html Online Guide to Lighthouses from Portland, ME, to Rhode Island that features photos for computer desktops, travel directions, and their importance to navigation. en-us Sun, 20 Feb 2005 10:15:00 EST Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:00:00 144 35 http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/home.html http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/nav/ddlogo.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/ri/Dutch.html Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:00:00 EST Dutch Island Lighthouse Blinking and Winking Again! After 28 years, Dutch Island Light began Blinking Red for 2-seconds and Winking for 4-seconds after Shirley Sheldon announced "Light the light" at 7 pm on Nov 17, 20007. Shirley Sheldon, a 84 year old Artist from Saunderstown, is another Lighthouse Lady who initiated the first effort to save Dutch Island Lighthouse and later became a member of the Dutch Island Lighthouse Society which was established in 2000. Read the Full News story at http://nelighthouse.blogspot.com/2007/11/dutch-island-lighthouse-blinking-and.html http://nelighthouse.blogspot.com/2007/11/dutch-island-lighthouse-blinking-and.html http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/mass/Sandy.html Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:00:00 EST On October 20, 2007, Sandy Neck Lighthouse was reactivated as a Private Aid to Navigation. The solar powered Lighthouse was re-lighted in a festival followed with a fireworks display. Read the Full News story at http://nelighthouse.blogspot.com/2007/10/sandy-neck-lighthouse-blazing-beacon.html http://nelighthouse.blogspot.com/2007/10/sandy-neck-lighthouse-blazing-beacon.html http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/mass/Sandy.html Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:37:00 EST On October 13, 2007, Sandy Neck Lighthouse was dedicated on the 150th anniversary of the construction of the Lighthouse and the 75th anniversary of its decommissioning to celebrate the restored Lighthouse with a new Lantern Room. Read the Full News story at http://nelighthouse.blogspot.com/2007/10/sandy-neck-lighthouse-150th-celebration.html http://nelighthouse.blogspot.com/2007/10/sandy-neck-lighthouse-150th-celebration.html http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/mass/Sankaty.html Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:40:00 EST The Blazing Star Lighthouse was lowered the final few inches onto the new foundation at 1:13 pm yesterday.The only original(1) Lighthouse on Nantucket has been relocated 405-feet northwest inland to a safe sanctuary next to the 5th hole of Sankaty Head Golf Club. Read the Full News story at http://nelighthouse.blogspot.com/2007/10/sankaty-head-lighthouse-has-landed.html http://nelighthouse.blogspot.com/2007/10/sankaty-head-lighthouse-has-landed.html http://nelighthouse.blogspot.com/2007/09/sankaty-head-lighthouse-ready-to-roll.html Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:17:00 EST Rob Benchley is the official photographer for the move of the Blazing Star Lighthouse. Rob has prepared a excellent online photo slideshow to chronicle this rare historic event! http://nelighthouse.blogspot.com/2007/09/sankaty-head-lighthouse-ready-to-roll.html http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/mass/Sankaty.html Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:37:00 EST Sankaty Head Light to be relocated in October. Expert House Movers will hydraulically push he Blazing Star of Nantucket 390-feet to the northwest and 250-feet from Sconset bluff's edge to a safer location inland next to the fifth hole of the Sankaty Head Golf Course. The entire relocation cost is estimated to be $4 million. Read the Full News story at http://nelighthouse.blogspot.com/2007/09/lighthouse-locomotion.html http://nelighthouse.blogspot.com/2007/09/lighthouse-locomotion.html http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/ri/Dutch.html Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:48:00 EST The Dutch Island Lighthouse Rehabilitation Project is moving forward to the construction phase. After five years, the Rhode Island Department of Transportation has approved a $120,000 federal/state Transportation Enhancement Grant for the restoration of Dutch Island Lighthouse. The delayed approval of funding postponed the Dutch Island Lighthouse Society (DILS) plans to complete the restoration of the historic Tower and relighting of the light by the spring of 2007. The balance of the estimated $160,000 restoration cost and $5,000 for solar-powered lighting to reactivate Dutch Island Lighthouse as a Private Aid to Navigation has been funded by the $90,000 donations of DILS members who need to raise an additional $155,000 for the maintenance endowment of the Lighthouse. Abcore Restoration Company, who previously restored Plum Beach and Pomham Rocks Lighthouses, was awarded the construction contract and is expected to start construction by midsummer and hopefully, the Company will complete the Lighthouse restoration by fall of 2007. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/mass/RacePoint.html Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:40:00 EST A Guest Lighthouse by the Sea: The brick Fog Whistle House at Race Point Lighthouse has been renovated as a two bedroom weekly Vacation Rental. The Whistle House is a new opening for the 2007 season and will be available from July 28 to Sep 8. Since 1997, the Keeper's House at Race Point Light has been a overnight guest house operated by the American Lighthouse Foundation. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/mass/Sandy.html Sun, 24 Jun 2007 14:50:00 EST On June 18, 2007, the Headless Lighthouse at Sandy Neck, Barnstable Harbor has a new cast iron Lantern Room. The reconstructed Lantern Room restores Sandy Neck Lighthouse to appear as a Lighthouse after being decommissioned in 1931 and beheaded in 1932 by the Coast Guard. The Sandy Neck Lighthouse Restoration Committee now hopes to relight the beacon by the end of the summer to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the 1857 Sandy Neck Lighthouse after the Lantern Room Glass and solar-powered flashing light has been installed. For more details about the Lighthouse, please visit the Sandy Neck Lighthouse Guide http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/mass/Sandy.html Sat, 28 Apr 2007 10:07:00 EST Apr 14, 2007: Sandy Neck Lighthouse Restoration Committee, a chapter of the American Lighthouse Foundation, is working with the private family trust to build a new Lantern Room on the Tower for historic restoration and weather protection. On April 14, 2007, construction was delayed when the oversized cast-iron panels could not be aligned. The Committee has plans to relight the restored Lantern Room on July 4, 2007, the 150th anniversary of the Tower's construction. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/Guides/MorrisIsland.html Sat, 21 Apr 2007 10:25:00 EST As of April 21, 2007, Save the Light Inc. has raised $4.5 million to restore and preserve Morris Island Light. Phase I (erosion control) was scheduled to begin in May of 2007 by constructing a ring of sheet piles and stone coffer dam around the base of the Lighthouse in order to repair and stabilize the foundation. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/ri/BiNorth.html Sun, 14 May 2006 12:05:00 EST May 6 2006: In April 2006, the prisms of the 300-pound Fourth-order Fresnel lens were repaired and reset. After extensive repairs to the iron Tower are completed, the North Light Commission has plans to relight the restored Fresnel lens on September 15, the date when it was first lit 138 years ago http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/ri/NewportHarbor.html Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:15:00 EST June 2005: The American Lighthouse Foundation plans to restore Newport Harbor Lighthouse, known locally as Goat Island Light, by raising $120,000 estimated for removing the failing mortar from the joints of all granite blocks and repointing the stone. To stop interior water damage, the lantern room and gallery must be repaired and the Tower needs to be repainted. For more information about the efforts to renovate Goat Island Light, call (207) 646-0245 or email ALF at support@lighthousefoundation.org http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/maine/WhiteIsland.html Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:15:00 EST On June 22, 2005, New Hampshire Governor John Lynch authorized the restoration of the endangered White Island Light Station after receiving $110,000 from the Lighthouse Kids. Over the past five years, the Lighthouse Kids have raised donations from merchandise sales, foundation grants, private fund raising, and corporate fund raising. Restoration of White Island Lighthouse, Keeper's House, and landing will begin this summer and continue over the next two years as the Lighthouse Kids continue to raise another $440,000 estimated to complete the project. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/Guides/MorrisIsland.html Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:25:00 EST Morris Island Lighthouse must weather another hurricane season before the restoration project to protect its foundation from erosion begins. On March 26, 2005, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the preservation project will be delayed due to the lack of federal funds and the State of South Carolina $500,000 commitment was cut from the budget by the Senate on April 8, 2005. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/mass/Sankaty.html Sun, 20 Mar 2005 12:32:00 EST During the winter of 2005, Nantucket, located in the open seas of the Northeast, was battered by notorious Nor'easters causing severe coastal flooding and beach erosion that have endangered Sankaty Head Lighthouse and homes along Baxter Road at Siasconset Beach. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/maine/PortlandHead.html Sat, 05 Mar 2005 03:48:00 EST After 12 years of ownership, the Town of Cape Elizabeth will renovate Maine's quintessential landmark, Portland Head Light, this spring by cleaning, sealing cracks, and painting the structure. The Portland Head Light Fund will be used for the estimated $250,000 renovation project,and the renovation work is scheduled to be completed for the Memorial Day weekend. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/ri/Conimicut.html Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:20:00 EST On February 15, 2005, the Conimicut Lighthouse Foundation was established by the City of Warwick for the restoration, operation and promotion of Conimicut Shoal Lighthouse which the city acquired on September 30, 2004 from the federal government at no cost under The National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Program. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/mass/Brant.html Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:25:00 EST In a meeting with the U.S. Coast Guard on Friday, 18 Feb 2005, Nantucket Town Selectmen, concerned about the sweeping release of Lighthouses, discussed the possibility of acquiring the renowned historic sentinel, Brant Point lighthouse. Obtaining the Lighthouse by the town will benefit the community since Brant Point Light is a leading destination for many daily and seasonal visitors. To reduce costs, the U.S. Coast Guard lists excess Lighthouses and related property every year. If the Lighthouse is declared surplus property, the U.S. Coast Guard would continue to maintain the light as an aid to navigation and if the town is financially able to maintain the historic light station than The National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000 would govern the transfer. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/ri/CastleHill.html Sun, 20 Feb 2005 08:20:00 EST A foreign freighter, the 350-foot Portuguese Mantenha, ran aground near Castle Hill Light on the rocks at the foot of the Inn at Castle Hill around 6:20 p.m. on February 10, 2005. Fortunately, the vessel Mantenha was carrying empty containers for Atlantic Shipping Co. in Fall River from Cape Verde. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/ri/Pomham.html Wed, 19 Jan 2005 20:48:02 EST ExxonMobil has leased the historic Lighthouse at no cost to the American Lighthouse Foundation to restore and reactive the Pomham Rocks Light to its original splendor. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/maine/WhiteIsland.html Mon, 05 Jul 2004 17:07:52 EST In June 2004, Engineers from Louis Berger Group of Manchester surveyed White Island to locate the best place to construct a flexible boat landing that will resist shifting boulders on the rocky island and the forces of the sea. All preceding landing sites were destroyed by storms. Due to state funding approval, White Island Lighthouse must survive another severe New England winter before the tower cracks can be repaired. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/maine/SpringPoint.html Sun, 30 May 2004 14:14:32 EST Work began on replacing the lower level corroded iron canopy of the "sparkplug" style Lighthouse on May 24, 2004 and 32 steel panels were fabricated, coated, and installed with stainless steel bolts that maintained the appearance of the original riveted construction. Atlantic Mechanical Inc. of Wiscasset, Maine completed the restoration in July 2004. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/maine/Portsmouth.html Tue, 25 May 2004 10:25:00 EST In May 2004, the Campbell Construction Group of Beverly, Massachusetts, a company that has renovated 16 Lighthouses, completed repairs to the Oil House which will be used for public displays during open houses held from May to October. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/ri/Plum.html Thu, 05 Feb 2004 14:05:23 EST Plum Beach Light was restored to its original splendor and reactivated as a private aid to navigation on December 1, 2003 exhibiting a Flashing White light every 5 seconds. Permanent accent lighting was installed during the Christmas week of 2003 to highlight the Lighthouse and its flashing beacon. Link added for commemorative Lighthouse poster to help maintain Plum Beach Lighthouse. http://home.comcast.net/~debee2/mass/Boston.html Mon, 15 Sep 2003 10:02:05 EST Sally Snowman, a Coast Guard auxiliarist, was appointed as the 67th Coast Guard Civilian Head Lightkeeper of Boston Light Station on August 11, 2003. Lightkeeper Snowman, the first woman to hold the post, officially reported to duty dressed in a Colonial costume and rowed by members of the Hull Historical Museum in wooden longboat to the Boston Lighthouse on September 15, 2003.