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WHAT'S ACCURATE? #14508 02/19/99 01:02 AM
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Can anyone tell a new guy if it's the tan tower or the grey tower on Beavertail, RI that's representative of the real thing?

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Re: WHAT'S ACCURATE? #14509 02/19/99 01:11 AM
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Hi Ken, and welcome.

The gray tower is closer to the real color. The tan is the color the tower appears to be sometimes when the sun hits it just right from a low angle. The story goes that the tan paint on the early pieces was mixed based on a photo taken in such light. The mistake was corrected on the later pieces.

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Re: WHAT'S ACCURATE? #14510 02/19/99 01:25 AM
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These might help, Ken.





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Re: WHAT'S ACCURATE? #14511 02/19/99 01:40 AM
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Now that's a fast solution to my question. Thanks!

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Re: WHAT'S ACCURATE? #14512 02/19/99 02:08 AM
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OK perceptive Wackos...name the two people in the bottom photo!!

(but don't look too hard, their identities may then be altered)

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Re: WHAT'S ACCURATE? #14513 02/19/99 10:47 AM
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Matt and Merry Rothman

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Re: WHAT'S ACCURATE? #14514 02/19/99 11:11 AM
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People in the picture? Bill & Hillary Clinton at a recent visit to Beavertail Light in Jamestown, RI. Hillary was there to announce she is running for "Animal Control Officer." Her qualifications include her new job of keeping her husband on a very short leash.

Re: WHAT'S ACCURATE? #14515 02/19/99 01:42 PM
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Could it be Mr. & Mrs. Watson I presume?

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Re: WHAT'S ACCURATE? #14516 02/20/99 12:47 PM
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Here's why it was easy to think the Beavertail tower was tan...

Photo courtesy of Art Seaman.




[This message has been edited by JChidester (edited 02-20-99).]

Re: WHAT'S ACCURATE? #14517 02/21/99 01:35 AM
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John, I'd love to take credit for this wonderfully telling photo, but it's not mine.

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Ooops... Will the real photographer please step forward and take credit?

I got this photo by e-mail a few days back and must have deleted the original message after saving the photo. My apologies.

John

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After a bit more research, KT, I've found out a surprising history of Beavertail's colors during the past few decades:

http://www.lighthousekeepers.com/forums/Forum10/HTML/000024.html

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It was mine St. John. Picture was taken late in the afternoon on Thanksgiving weekend.

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>>...name the two people in the bottom photo!!<<

Janet Reno on the left and David Lee Roth on the right?

Re: WHAT'S ACCURATE? #14522 02/22/99 03:30 AM
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LOL Tim! A match made in heaven!


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