Posted By: Bill Harnsberger
Lighthouse lovers lose their godfather - 01/30/07 02:01 PM
Sad news:
Kenneth Black, the founder of the Maine Lighthouse Museum who was known as "Mr. Lighthouse" to lighthouse enthusiasts, died Sunday. He was 82.
Black is widely credited with being one of the founders of the lighthouse preservation movement in the United States while he was serving in the Coast Guard, said Tim Harrison, president of the American Lighthouse Foundation. ...
Harrison said Black knew more than anyone about the mechanics of vintage lighthouse equipment, and he went so far as to explain on film what each artifact in the collection was and how it was used.
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Our condolences go out to Ken's family.
May his journey upstairs be via a narrow circular stairway. That would make his day.
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Kenneth Black, the founder of the Maine Lighthouse Museum who was known as "Mr. Lighthouse" to lighthouse enthusiasts, died Sunday. He was 82.
Black is widely credited with being one of the founders of the lighthouse preservation movement in the United States while he was serving in the Coast Guard, said Tim Harrison, president of the American Lighthouse Foundation. ...
Harrison said Black knew more than anyone about the mechanics of vintage lighthouse equipment, and he went so far as to explain on film what each artifact in the collection was and how it was used.
Click here for more.
...and here.
Our condolences go out to Ken's family.
May his journey upstairs be via a narrow circular stairway. That would make his day.
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Bob