Jim Johnson's "Duluth Triplets" idea

I think Jim Johnson has a good idea for Harbour Lights first matched set of three lighthouses: the three lights in the harbor of Duluth, Minnesnowta.

If you visualize the inner harbor with two concrete breakwaters jutting out into Lake Superior to the east, then you can visualize the following:

The North Breakwater Outer Light is a steel conical tower of classic shape and diminutive dimension, white with a black base, gallery, lantern room, and roof.

The South Breakwater Outer Light is a white concrete building with a red roof, of unusual shape, with a square tower and circular lantern room projecting up from its lakeward end. The lantern room has black diagonal framing with a red roof. There is one stupendous foghorn in it, and it has a warning sign proclaiming that, at the tone, you have 20 seconds before the horn blows to vacate the area if you wish to retain your hearing.

The South Breakwater Inner Light is a steel skeletal structure with four legs and lots of cross bracing. It's painted black overall with a white gallery level and lantern room.

What an opportunity for HL to inaugurate their first matched set of three: all visually interesting, colorful, and fundamentally different, yet all of a set!

I know I'd buy one!

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Bob Steinbrunn
Nautical Research Guild

You can see the triplets at http://www.ipl.org/exhibit/light
Go to alphibetical listing, then to letter D.
There they are Duluth North, South & South Inner Breakwater lights.


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These are interesting lights and the fact that there are 3 in such close proximity is neat but unless they are made small, ala the Panama Canal set I would think the price tag would be quite high. And unless the edition size was equally small they could be around for a while.

I believe this belongs under the "Wish List" forum.

I've wanted them to do this ever since I went there!! Only I was thinking the whole canal w/ Aerial Lift Bridge and maybe, just MAYBE a ships easing her way in (I have some suggestions if anyone would like to know )

Jakers

Jakers,

Three lights & the bridge & a ship - may be able to balance out the shelf that Navesink sits on! May actually have to be bigger than Navesink. Would be a great light, but may have to be delivered by freight company instead of UPS. Need to arrange use of a fork truck to get it into the display.

Now, do you suppose they could make the bridge actually work? lol

Dave

I think Jim has a winner of an idea here.

Would be sort of like the Cape Henry Piece.

Size would be factor but, no problem here....I have acces to a fork lift and a box van.

If Harbour Lights can keep it under 70# they can still ship it UPS. I like the job security. I'll just order extra leaf springs for the rear of the trucks.

I would love to see the "Duluth Triplets" on one piece. Having seen these three lighthouses a few years ago, it would be a nice addition to the Harbour Lights line. The biggest problem I had was trying to get all three lighthouses and the bridge in the same picture!