Continued from http://www.lighthousekeepers.com/forums/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=37;t=000280;p=1#000000

All rules, etc. are there.

Next up was 1956, which I will cover with:

1956: Ten Pound Island, MA Light deactivated, and its keepers house torn down.

http://www.lighthouse.cc/tenpoundisland/index.html

1957 Bar Light, Maryland - BOMBED!

Very interesting! We haven't had this happen before on Timeline!

In 1957, three Navy fighter/bombers were doing a routine practice night bombing raid on an old ship a few miles from the lighthouse. A pilot mistakenly dropped targeting flares on the lighthouse instead of the ship, and the three planes then proceeded to bomb the lighthouse with unarmed rockets. The structure was damaged and two keepers were injured. A modern automatic light on the old foundation replaced the lighthouse in 1960.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=1863

Bert

1958 - Nash Island LIght, Maine

The Coast Guard destroyed the keeper's house and other buildings after automating the light in 1958.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=121

Bert

DEER ISLAND THOROFARE (MARK ISLAND) LIGHT, ME. An accidental fire destroyed the keeper’s house in 1959.


http://www.cyberlights.com/lh/maine/deerisland.htm

CONEY ISLAND (NORTON POINT) LIGHTHOUSE, Long Island, NY. This light still had a lightkeeper until his death in December of 2003. Frank Schubert had been “keeping a good light” since 1960 and was the last civilian lightkeeper for the U.S. Lighthouse Service. Even though he was “officially” retired as keeper, Frank remained as the guardian of the light in the 2-story frame keeper’s home (1896) next door. Frank also served as a keeper at the Old Orchard Lighthouse, off Staten Island.


http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=394

1961 - SAKONNET POINT, RHODE ISLAND - SOLD AT AUCTION

The hurricanes of 1938 and 1954 badly damaged Sakonnet Light, and it was discontinued in 1954. Carl Haffenreffer bought the lighthouse at auction for $1,300 in 1961.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=228

Bert

POINT NO POINT LIGHTHOUSE, MD. The light was fully automated in 1962 and now houses a 375mm, solar-powered lens.


http://mywebpages.comcast.net/larrylights/Maryland/pointnopoint.htm

1963 Pond Island Maine,
Keeper's house and all other light station buildings demolished in 1963.
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/me.htm

1964 - BOSTON LIGHT Designated National Historic Site.

Boston Light was America's first light station (1716) and the last to be automated (1998). It is still staffed by the Coast Guard. The first lighthouse was destroyed by the British at the close of the American Revolution in 1776; the present lighthouse was built in 1783. Boston Light was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. Little Brewster Island is now part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=151

RAM ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE, ME. After the light was automated in 1965 the station was all but abandoned.

http://www.rickslighthouses.com/ram_island.htm

1966 - Bird Island Light, MA turned over or sold

Since 1966 Bird Island has been owned by the Town of Marion. It is an important nesting site for common terns and endangered roseate terns. The Bird Island Light Preservation Society raised funds for the restoration of the lighthouse by International Chimney Corp., and it was relighted as a private aid to navigation on July 4, 1997.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=169

Bert

1967 LV 79 WAL 506 Lightship BARNEGAT
Decomissioned
Feuerschiffseite - LV 79 WAL 506 Lighthship BARNEGAT

Hope lightships are allowed - just thought it is a little differnet...

1968 Whitefish Point Light Station, Michigan receives a new DCB224 aerobeacon replacing the old Fresnel Lens.

http://www.terrypepper.com/lights/superior/whitefish/whitefish.htm

1969 - Warrior Rock Light, Oregon was badly damaged by a runaway barge in 1969. It was eventually repaired. The foundation and chimney of the old keeper’s house still stand.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=1614

Bert

TARRYTOWN (KINGSLAND POINT) LIGHTHOUSE, Hudson River, NY. Over the years landfill extended the shoreline to within 50' of the tower and in late 1970 a footbridge was connected from the shore to the tower.


http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=395

CAPE ELIZABETH, WEST TOWER, ME. In 1971 actor Gary Merrill (Bette Davis’ ex-husband) purchased at auction the 54' tall (without lantern) tower and the surrounding 10½ acres.


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

1972 SHIP ISLAND LIGHT - Gulfport, Mississippi accidently destroyed by fire.

The 1886 lighthouse at this site was accidentally destroyed by fire in 1972, after being replaced by a steel skeleton tower the previous year. A replica of the 1886 tower has been constructed by the Friends of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. The nearby 80-foot skeleton tower remains an active aid to navigation (it also displays the Ship Island Range Rear Light and a red range daybeacon) and the replica is also an active private aid to navigation. NOTE: THE 2000 replica lighthouse was reported lost in Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=937

Bert

1973 Guard Island Lighthouse, AK
Keeper's quarters and other light station buildings demolished in 1973

ooppss ... forgot the link ...
http://www.lhdigest.com/Digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=1023

FOWEY ROCKS LIGHTHOUSE, FL. In 1931 Fowey Rocks’ kerosene powered classical lens was electrified, its candlepower increased and a flashing characteristic established using a metal screen that revolved inside the lens. The light was automated in 1974 and its old Fresnel has been replaced by a high intensity optic powered by solar charged batteries. That system was installed after an unsuccessful testing of a windmill driven generator.


http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=704

DRUM POINT LIGHT, Solomons, MD. Deactivated in 1962, the lighthouse was moved in one piece to the Calvert Marine Museum in 1975. Its legs were cut off at the waterline and the lighthouse was craned to the museum where it continues to serve by reminding visitors of our nation’s rich maritime history. The hexagonal keeper’s cottage has been restored with furnishings just as it might have looked at the turn of the century.


http://www.calvertmarinemuseum.com/drum_point.htm

Kilauea, HI - The modern tower was activated in February of 1976
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=139

1977 - Derby Wharf Light in Massachusetts - Deactivated

This lighthouse was built at the end of Derby Wharf during the decline of the fishing trade in Salem as an aid to navigation within Salem Harbor. Because of its proximity to the town itself, this lighthouse was maintained by caretakers until its automation in 1970. The lighthouse was deactivated in 1977 and was finally relighted in 1983 by the Friends of Salem Maritime as a private aid to navigation.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=1105

Bert

1978 - Cuckolds Light, Maine - Keepers house destroyed during a blizzard

Originally established as a fog signal station in 1892; the light was added in 1907. The 1907 attached keeper's dwelling was destroyed in a blizzard in February 1978.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=93

Bert

The Fenwick Island Lighthouse was listed with the National Register of Historic Places by the Department of Interior in 1979 in recognition of its significance to the rich maritime history of Delaware.


http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/fenwick.htm

In 1980 the Tillamook Rock lighthouse in Oregon was gutted inside and converted into a columbarium, a repository for the ashes of the deceased.
http://www.worldlights.com/

How is that for a different use of a lighthouse?

The Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse in Rochester, NY was declared surplus by the U.S. Government in 1981, and the lighthouse was turned over to the Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse Historical Society.
http://www.rudyalicelighthouse.net/OntLts/CharGen/CharGen.htm

BEAR ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE, ME. Bear Island’s electrified 5th-order Fresnel optic (1858) was extinguished in April of 1982 after offshore lighted buoys had been placed in service. The aid was reestablished in 1989 using a modern plastic lens.


http://www.acadiamagic.com/bear_island.html

1983 Peche Island Rear Range lighthouse relocated from Peche Island at the source of the Detroit River to the city park in Marine City Michigan.

1984 - GREAT POINT LIGHT on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts - Destroyed during a severe storm.

A severe storm in March 1984 destroyed the 1818 Great Point Lighthouse. A replica of the lighthouse was built 300 yards west of the previous site, paid for by over $1 million in federal funds. The new lighthouse was dedicated on September 7, 1986. It is owned by the Coast Guard and is an active aid to navigation; it is leased to the Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=188

Bert

SEGUIN ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE, ME. The light was automated and the keepers removed in 1985. A Coast Guard crew attempted to remove the giant Fresnel lens but were told that an act of Congress was needed to dismantle the lens--a little known fact.

http://www.lighthouse.cc/seguin/

Alan Hosking, donated Lightship WLV-605 Relief to the U.S. Lighthouse Society on 31 December 1986
http://www.uslhs.org/inner/lightship.html

1987 - Rockland Harbor Southwest Light in Maine established as a private aid to navigation.

Rockland Harbor Southwest Lighthouse was built between 1981 and 1987 by Dr. Bruce Woolett. It has been recognized as an official aid to navigation marking dangerous Seal Ledge.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=136

Bert

SOUTHWEST LEDGE (NEW HAVEN BREAKWATER) LIGHTHOUSE, CT The structure's architectural style is that of the French Second Empire. When constructed, the lighthouse was fitted with a 4th-order Fresnel lens. That lens was removed in 1988 when it was replaced by an automated electric modern lens. Unmanned since 1988, the structure's doors and windows have been sealed with steel, plywood, and sheet metal ventilators.


http://www.cyberlights.com/lh/conn/southwestledge.htm

1989 - ERIE LAND LIGHT, PA- Replica Lantern installed.

The 1818 20-foot stone tower here (originally known as Presque Isle Light) was about 200 yards west of the current lighthouse. The present lighthouse became the property of the City of Erie in 1934, and it is now part of the city's Land Lighthouse Park. For a long time it had no lantern; a replica lantern was installed in 1989. The replica lantern was destroyed in a storm in May 2003, but a new lantern should be installed by October 2003.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=478

http://www.lhdigest.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=3270

Dimick Lighthouse, Port Townsend, WA
This lighthouse was built by the Dimicks in 1990 as a vacation home. It was built to be a near-replica of the Mukilteo Lighthouse.

does this count? :p

WHALEBACK (WHALE BACK LEDGE; TEA KETTLE) LIGHTHOUSE, ME. In 1991 the Coast Guard lowered the volume of Whaleback’s fog signal because its sound vibrations were causing structural damage (premature aging and erosion) to the tower’s walls.


http://www.maineharbors.com/light.htm

Margret - I'd say that counts. I draw a personal line between real lighthouses, good faux lights, and bad faux lights (barely a lighthouse, no siginficance). The latter, I'd say, can't be used at all in this game, but the middle one could be, depending on its historical or regional significance, actual lighthouse use, etc.

1992: Rose Island Lighthouse (RI) is opened to the public.

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

Almost done! Just 13 more years! We're finally up to events I've actually been alive for!

1993 - Block Island Southeast moved 300 feet back from the edge.

In 1990 the Coast Guard deactivated Block Island Southeast Light and replaced it with a skeleton tower. The lighthouse, once over 300 feet from the edge of the cliff, was then about 55 feet from the edge of the eroding bluff. The Block Island Southeast Lighthouse Foundation raised about $2 million and in August of 1993 the lighthouse was moved back 300 feet from the edge by International Chimney of Buffalo, NY. The light was reactivated on August 27, 1994.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=160

Bert

POOLE’S ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE, MD. The oldest light still standing in Maryland. In 1994 the Army petitioned to have the light placed on the National Historic Register.

http://www.cheslights.org/heritage/pooles.htm

In 1995, the two-story, breakwater lighthouse, Calumet Harbor IN, was demolished over a period of 22 days.

http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=845

1996 - Highland (Cape COd) Light moved back 450 feet.

Highland (Cape Cod) Light was the first lighthouse on Cape Cod. In 1996 the lighthouse was moved 450 feet back from the edge of the eroding cliff. The lighthouse is on the Cape Cod National Seashore and is operated by Highland Museum and Lighthouse, Inc., under a National Park Service contract. The active light is still maintained by the Coast Guard.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=153

Bert

NAYATT POINT LIGHTHOUSE, RI In 1997 the 14-room residence and tower with 450 feet of water frontage were put on the real estate market for $1,275,000.

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/ri.htm

CAPE SPENCER LIGHT LIGHT, AK receives a VRB-25 VEGA, SOLAR POWERED in 1998

http://www.cr.nps.gov/maritime/light/capespen.htm

1999 - CAPE HATTERAS, NC - MOVED INLAND 2900 FEET.

The present Cape Hatteras Light was designed by Dexter Stetson. There are no known photographs of the first Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, which remained standing for some years after the present one was built. In 1999 Cape Hatteras Light was moved (at a cost of $12 million) 2900 feet inland to save it from falling in the Atlantic Ocean. It was extinguished on March 1, 1999 in preparation for the move and was relighted on November 13, 1999. Ownership of the lighthouse was transferred from the Coast Guard to the National Park Service in 1999. Cape Hatteras Light is a National Historic Landmark. It is the tallest lighthouse in the U.S. and is one of the tallest brick lighthouses in the world.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=150

The Lighthouse for Sight was built at Long Beach CA in 2000

http://www.lhdigest.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=2031

MISPILLION RIVER LIGHT, Shipcarpenter Square, Lewes Historic District, DE. Sold into private hands in 1932, the building was neglected and fell into a state of disrepair. At least one owner along the way had grand plans for renovation, and built a restaurant next to the lighthouse. In December of 2001 the property was sold once again to the local realtor who helped form a group to oversee the restoration–Keepers of Mispillion Light. The new owner planned to reopen the restaurant and sell the lighthouse as timeshares (weekly rentals).


http://store.yahoo.com/rosepetal/milide.html

2002 - Isle la Motte, Vermont is relit.

This lighthouse was replaced by a light on a skeleton tower in 1933. The private owners worked with the Coast Guard to return the light to the lighthouse, and on October 5, 2002, the lighthouse was relit with a crowd of 300 looking on.


http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=345

MOBILE POINT LIGHTHOUSE, AL. The U.S. Lighthouse Board established a temporary light with a small 6th-order lens on Bastion #4 of Fort Morgan at the entrance to Mobile Bay and ordered the old brick Mobile Point Light tower demolished. The temporary light tower was removed and sold for scrap in 1966. Saved and restored by preservationists, it was displayed next to the walls of the fort until 2003 when it was dismantled for safekeeping and it is now in storage. The Alabama Historical Commission intends to restore it and return it to its previous location. Light list #245.


http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/al.htm

2004 - OLD PLANTATIONS FLATS, VIRGINIA REPLICA BUILT.

This is a replica of an 1886 lighthouse that stood at the entrance to Old Plantation Creek. The original was deactivated in 1962 and subsequently destroyed. The replica has a reproduction of a fourth-order Fresnel lens created by Dan Spinella of Artworks Florida. Also installed is a 1942 bronze fog bell, originally used on a bell buoy.

http://www.lighthousedepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=5211

2005 - Avery Point CT gets a new lantern room

http://www.averypointlight.com/

I'll close this thread and start a new one. We'll go back to the first year and start working backwards now.

Thread continues with Part III