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"Screwpile" #138389 09/30/03 01:30 AM
Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3 Milwaukee, WI K Kevin135 OP Junior Member
OP Kevin135 Junior Member K Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 3 Milwaukee, WI	Does anyone know the definitive works on "Screwpile" lighthouses? Always had an interest in them as well as the Fresnel Lens

Re: "Screwpile" #138390 10/01/03 02:45 PM
Joined: Dec 1969 Posts: 746 Morgantown, WV USA DocJ44 Member
DocJ44 Member Joined: Dec 1969 Posts: 746 Morgantown, WV USA	Welcome Kevin. I'm don't have a single reference devoted entirely to the Screw Pile lights, but I like the chapter in Michael Rhein's "Anatomy of the Lighthouse" that covers the technology of Offshore, Reef and Breakwater Lighthouses. John Doc John

Re: "Screwpile" #138391 10/01/03 03:45 PM
Joined: Aug 1999 Posts: 3,681 Bellingham, MA MtnHkr Cruise Director
MtnHkr Cruise Director Joined: Aug 1999 Posts: 3,681 Bellingham, MA	Welcome to the forums Kevin. You may want to try to use the search engine on the internet. Type in screwpile and you may be surprised at what comes up. Usually a lot of information. I came up with at least 36 sites, not all lighthouse related. Bert Bert No mountain is too tall if your first step is belief. -Anonymous

Re: "Screwpile" #138392 10/01/03 03:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 487 Connecticut P plebetkin Member
plebetkin Member P Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 487 Connecticut	screwpile lighthouses as a search term narrows the focus to just lighthouses. The first two returns from a google search provided a complete history of the term from who invented it to modern uses. One of those hits was Sentinel press which publishes Elinor DeWire. She is a member of this forum also. good friends mean good times

Re: "Screwpile" #138393 10/06/03 02:51 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 339 Seacoast of Maine Roxie Member
Roxie Member Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 339 Seacoast of Maine	Hi there! Welcome! Marblehead, Mass. Lighthouse, you will always have a very special place in our hearts. ....We've made the journey as far south as New Jersey, as far north as Canada. Over 100 lighthouses visited.... and so many more to go.

Re: "Screwpile" #138394 10/06/03 03:58 PM
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 874 The 1ST State Ron Member
Ron Member Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 874 The 1ST State	Welcome to the Fourms Kevin.

Re: "Screwpile" #138395 10/10/03 01:04 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,349 Mid-Coast Maine Lighthouser Cruise Director
Lighthouser Cruise Director Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 2,349 Mid-Coast Maine	Welcome to the group, Kevin! Screwpile lighthouses are one my favorites, being a Virginian and within easy driving distance of Maryland. We've lost so many. Of those still standing, I guess I have a special fondness for Hooper Strait. I also like the chapter in "Anatomy of a Lighthouse", and will add these to the list as well: "Maryland Lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay", by F. Ross Holland, Jr., and "Bay Beacons: Lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay", by Linda Turbyville. Of course, there were screwpile lighthouses in many other places besides the Chesapeake Bay, but these are the ones I'm most familiar with. Again, welcome. Would love to hear about your lighthousing experiences! Judy Judy

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