I don't know why but this sticks out like a sore thumb to me- in all the pictures I have seen of Turkey Point open and closed, the location of the doorknob on the outside does not correspond to its location inside. Is this just an artist proof thing?

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After looking at the picture at the lighthouse depot site, I have to agree with you.
http://www.lhdepot.com/orderdetail.cfm?value=42279

It looks like the knob is on the right hand side of the door both when you're entering and leaving the building. Not quite right. If the knobs on your right as you enter, it should be on your left as you leave.

If the actual piece is like this, then I believe this would have to be a mistake. Good eye.

I see what you mean. My brain is a little slow this morning but could it be the negative for that view be reversed?

Has anyone seen the real thing and could confirm this? Will this become a variation and future Turkey Points be corrected?

Bob

I don't think it is the negative. The knob is wrong with respect to the lower window of the door. If it was the negative the knobs and window aspect would still be the same. I think its Monday morning and only one coffee so my mind is not fully fuctioning yet. It is a major job to think forwards let alone backwards.

Chuck

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bigdragon

I don't believe its the negative either! What it looks like is that they used the same pattern for the inside and outside of the tower. If you look at the windows and hinge area the photos definitely look like the actual light. Now the question - If all of the Turkey point lights are made the same way - Is it an error? The norm seems to be that if one or more pieces are made with a spelling error and then corrected. Then these are errors. IF they're all the same, is there an error? I may have opened Pandora's Box here!

Bert

Well all the Chathams were made the same way and that was definitely an error, big time. This doesn't seem nearly as bad a faux pas, if it turns out they're all like you say. But it does seem a shame considering the opening tower is the focal point of this piece.

I see what you are saying now after looking at the pictures! We got some with sharp eyes here! That's very interesting!

Mombo,

I stand corrected! I have the Chatham you mentioned and like Coquille River they are errors that I believe production was halted on. Especially the Coquille River.

I don't have the Coquille River, but I guess I do have a light with a large error - CHATHAM.

Thanks,

Bert
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What error did the Chatham have?

Chuck

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bigdragon

If you look at the Chatham Harbour Light and have the tower on the left of the building. The side of the building that is up front is actually the rear of the building. The side with the single dormer should be up front and the side with the three dormers should be at the rear.

Here is a link to a photo that Hanifinch has posted on the Lighthouse photography page under Cape Cod. You can see very well in the photo that the wrong side is up front.

Chatham LIghts as posted by Hanifinch

Bert

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The Chatham lighthouse error was uncovered by Wackos in 1998 on a tour of Cape Cod lighthouses held in conjunction with the 1998 Reunion.

Here's the full interesting story:
http://www.lighthousekeepers.com/forums/Forum1/HTML/000103.html

If you check the chimneys in each of the photos and on the Harbour LIghts piece, you will see that the center chimney is in the back of the building and the two side ones in the center.

Doesn't appear that those have changed. I hardly think that the roof would have changed that much unless a storm took an old one off completely.

Makes me wonder!

What is the bottom line on this?

Was it an error or not?

Curious mind would like to know!

Bert

Bert, if you read my long and confusing post from John's link above, it goes through the history of the additions to the light and where HL screwed up on it. It never had the 3 dormers on the ocean side (today's 'front', and where HL put them), they were only on the back side.

Thank you Rod!

That's the way I saw it also. I'm not an expert on Chatham, but from what I could see it was an error.

Bert