Timeline Part III

Continued from here:

http://www.lighthousekeepers.com/forums/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=37;t=000228


The Rules:

We're working with the years of important events in individual lighthouses' histories. One person will list a year, a lighthouse, and an event that took place in that year at that light. The next person has to find another light with a DIFFERENT event that happened the next year.

Once we run out of events going forward in time, we'll go back to my original event and go backwards. And so on and so forth, bouncing between 1716 and 2004/5.

The twists and rules:

-Why is "different" in caps? When you post an event, it cannot be the same thing as happened in the previous event. Example: My event is a lighthouse getting a new lens. The next person cannot make their event have to do with getting a lens in a light. This might get a bit confusing...go with your gut feeling.

-Your event MUST be in the next year in the direction of play. If the previous post was 1876, you must post an 1875 (for backwards in time) or 1877 (for forwards in time).

-All lights must be in the US.

-You must provide a link to a webpage with the fact you are presenting on it.

-One post per person per day.


We left off with 1975, so I will make a post for 1976 in another post to make it easier to find.

1976: A fire destroys the keeper's house at the Faulkner's Island, CT Light

http://www.lighthouse.cc/faulkners/history.html

Three of Washington state's lighthouses became automated in 1977
Cape Flattery
Point No Point
Point Wilson
Washington Lights

Also in 1977 the movie Pete's Dragon was released

The blizzard of 1978 splits Monomoy Island into two islands.

Dan

1979 St. Joseph, Florida

In 1979, the Raffields purchased the lighthouse and transported it roughly twenty miles south to its new home on St. Joseph Bay.

1980: Eternity at Sea of Portland purchases Tillamook Rock Light for use as a columbarium cemetery.

http://www.cannonbeach.org/main/lighthouse.html

1981 - Charlotte-Genesee Light declared surplus . Light
and residence were turned over to the Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society. A new lantern room was constructed of wood by students from Edison Tech High.

1982 - Boston\'s Deer Island Lighthouse is tran...iberglass pole!

1983 - Latimer Reef, NY lighthouse is automated.

Erosion brought the sea closer and closer to Great Point Light and on March 29, 1984, the lighthouse was destroyed in a storm.

1985: Mobile Middle Bay Light celebrates its centennial.

http://alabamalighthouses.com/

1986 Great Point destroyed by "Noreaster"

Great Point lighthouse is located on the Northeast tip of the island. It was destroyed in 1986 by a severe 'noreaster'

Okay, this is very strange. We have an event for 1984 and 1986 that are both the same. However, according to my copy of "America's Atlantic Coast Lighthouses", the correct year is 1984. I don't blame you, Joyce...without having seen the other page, I would have thought it was 1986.

We are back to 1986.

1986 - The new Great Point Lighthouse is lit!

1987 - Cape Neddick ME Automated

Dogs of the Lighthouses is published in Dog Fancy magazine in December 1988.

Arf-arf

Dan

1989 - Bass River Light MA relighted. A step in the right direction!

1990-Horton Point, NY Light relighted

http://eastendlighthouses.org/horton.htm


Also, yours truly enters the world.

uh, Greg, thought you couldn't use the same type of event in sequential posts?

Oh, you got me there, Dave!

Okay, here's another event...

1990: The USPS issues a series of 5 US Lighthouse Stamps

http://www.maine.com/lights/press1.htm

(The stamps are not the ones presented at the top, those are the 1995 Great Lakes Series, I couldn't find any good pictures of the '90 stamps with a quick Google.)

Scroll about half way down and you will see photos of the 1990 lighthouse stamps issued

1990 Lighthouse Stamps

1991 A new light is lit in the Coquille River OR Lighthouse. This light is not visible from sea.

1992 - Bell tower at Pemaquid Lighthouse is reconstructed.

1993 Southeast Light, Block Island is moved b...rt House Movers

Residents of Vermillion, Ohio become aware in 1994 that their lighthouse, which was damaged by a severe icestorm in 1929, had been rebuilt and placed to mark East Charity Shoal, New York .

Dan

1995: The interior of the Stony Point, NY Light is rebuilt, and an exhibit and period Fresnel Lens are installed. The Light is opened to the public.

http://pt3.sbu.edu/VFTs/Hudson/stony_point_lighthouse.htm

We're getting close! Only 9] more years, and then we go in reverse!

What remained of the Cedar Point, Maryland Lighthouse was salvaged in October of 1996 and delivered to Calvert Marine Museum.

Dan

1997 Alligator Reef

Automated in 1963, the Alligator Reef Lighthouse uses a solar-powered light installed in 1997.

Joyce

1998: Legendary Lighthouses, the PBS TV program, premieres.

This is the only place on the site where the year is mentioned: http://www.pbs.org/legendarylighthouses/html/program.html But you can see where it's next showing on your area while you're at it!

Between June 13th & July 9th, 1999, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is moved approximately 2900 feet to it's new, safer location.

Dan

2000: The National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000 is passed, which will over the next years transfer several hundred lighthouses to federal, state, and local governments and non-profits across the country.

http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/nhlpa/nhlpa.htm

We're getting close...just 4 more years!

The 2nd Annual New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge is held on the weekend of October 13 & 14, 2001.

Dan

May 2002 - Hoosier Lighthousing Club holds its first work weekend at Old Michigan City Light. 25 people working for 2 days to help the MC Historical Society, caretakers of the light. The beginning of a wonderful association that has benefitted both the club and the Historical Society (and especially the Old Michigan City Light).

October 2003- Outer Banks Lighthouse Society Celebrates 200 Years of Light at Cape Hatteras.


Judy

2004 Old Mackinac Point MI Lighthouse opens for tours.

Hey! We made it! Now back to the beginning and let's go backwards in time from Greg's first post. Greg started with Sea Girt in 1896.

So the next post should be 1895. Back to the future!

I'm going to start a new thread for the reverse travel, so as to make it easier to use the game both now and in the future. I am closing this thread.

Here is the URL for Part IV: http://www.lighthousekeepers.com/cgi-bin/forumscgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=37;t=000232


If you have posted today in Part III, you can post again in the new thread (completion bonus! )