Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/14/09 01:37 AM
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Angels Gate is right. Didn't know that a few years ago when I was at Fermin. Your turn MG. OK Roland, I should have said "other lighthouse".
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/14/09 12:14 PM
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Knew what you meant, just being a wise ^$$! :p
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/16/09 12:08 AM
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/16/09 04:17 PM
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I'll pass and let someone else start a new one.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/16/09 11:54 PM
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I'll take it. What was the very first lighthouse in America to have a flashing light characteristic? (Otherwise known as a blinkin' beacon).
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/17/09 12:09 AM
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How about the same name as your store Roland. Cape Cod or better known as Highland Light, MA!
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/17/09 12:22 AM
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C'mon, the question wasn't up 5 minutes!!! NO Fair! Seriously Ruthie, good job! When the original Cape Cod Light was constructed in 1797, it was thought that mariners would confuse it with Boston Light. A primitive rotating "curtain" was installed, with the purpose of covering over the light for 30 seconds to make it appear as a "flash". Never worked very well, however, and it was removed when the then brand new Winslow Lewis lamp and reflector system was installed in 1812. You're up Ruth.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/17/09 02:02 AM
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What can I say Roland...I'm not that knowledgeable about lighthouses...but I am pretty fast at finding information on the internet. :rolleyes: This one will be easy...what lighthouse was used in the movie The Majestic
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/17/09 02:35 AM
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/17/09 08:01 PM
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There was not a doubt in my mind that you would get this one first Eric. Your turn.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/18/09 02:42 AM
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OK which lighthouse property was used in the Mel Gibson movie "Forever Young"????
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/18/09 02:13 PM
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Point Arena, CA on a clear day.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/18/09 05:18 PM
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/18/09 05:55 PM
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AND A NEW QUESTION: IN 1963, THE LAST CIVILIAN MEMBER OF THE LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE RETIRED FROM THIS LIGHTHOUSE. THIS LIGHTHOUSE ALSO CLAIMS MANY "FIRSTS" AND "BIGGEST". IT IS.........
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/18/09 07:04 PM
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/18/09 07:35 PM
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/18/09 07:41 PM
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Yeah, knew Navesink had probably more firsts than any other lighthouse, wasn't sure about the last civvie, though
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/19/09 12:11 AM
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Both of you are cold. You'll need to go west to get warm for this lighthouse.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/19/09 12:40 AM
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It always pays to read the question carefully. You did not ask which lighthouse had the last civilian lighthouse keeper.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/19/09 01:22 AM
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Maybe you need the question again. "The last CIVILIAN member of the Lighthouse Service RETIRED from THIS LIGHTHOUSE . This LIGHTHOUSE, also claims many "FIRSTS" and "BIGGEST. IT IS ...(REFERS TO THE NAME OF THE LIGHTHOUSE). OK???
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/19/09 01:31 AM
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This lighthouse keeper in question was appointed by the Lighthouse Service, not a Kennedy, who I last understood was a Senator from Massachusetts.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/19/09 12:50 PM
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OKAY-HERE ARE THE FINAL CLUES: THIS MAN RETIRED ACCORDING TO THE ARTICLE I READ IN 1966. THIS LIGHT IS NOT ON THE EAST COAST, SOUTH COAST, NORTH COAST, OR WEST COAST. IT IS " SMALL" IN STATURE BUT IT CONTAINS THE LARGEST TYPE OF THIS LENSE (OVER 12 FEET HIGH AND WITH AN INTERIOR SPACE OF 8 FEET) AND IS THE ONLY LIGHTHOUSE WITH THIS TYPE OF LENSE. PLEASE ANSWER THE NAME OF THIS LIGHTHOUSE AND IF I DO THIS AGAIN, MAY GOD HELP ME. MANY MAHALOS
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/19/09 01:57 PM
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I started to think it was a Great Lakes light, but another part of the US came to mind. Hawaii !!!
Would the answer be ..... Makapu`u ???
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/19/09 02:48 PM
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You got it Loon. I was running-out of clues. Many, many Mahalos for getting MAKAPU`U LIGHT as the correct answer. IF you get the time, the Hawaiian History of this light's name is very cool. ALOHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/19/09 03:45 PM
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wickwacky, please don't give up on us. The cold has just slowed down the thinking process. Great question. (Imagine a little hula dude in this location)
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/19/09 04:27 PM
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The "Mahalos" clue was a good one.
Here's the new trivia question:
Name the lighthouse that is part of the campus of a frequent March Madness participant?
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/20/09 12:17 AM
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/20/09 12:19 AM
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/20/09 10:58 AM
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Very tricky Loon! I spent 2 hours looking last night. Found a few lighthouses at colleges, but none that I had heard of. Is it time for a mercy clue?
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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Too late for clues, Roland got it with his second guess.
Avery Point is part of the University of Connecticut campus.
My first hint was going to be "one of their nicknames sound like their from the Northwest Territory" - Answer = "UCONN" sounds like "Yukon".
Hey Roland think I can return the favor and win your websites "Guess the Lighthouse" game!
Roland is now on the clock.............
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/20/09 01:33 PM
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Shows what I know about basketball. I found Avery Point, but it didn't sound like a famous basketball team.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/20/09 04:40 PM
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I wouldn't call the University of Connecticut Huskies a famous basketball team, but they do qualify often for the NCAA tornament. Not that I watch basketball that much, there just on ESPN and local news sports reports often.
If you thought it might be Avery Point and had checked the Harbour Lights Offical Collectors Guide, you would have gotten it.
Roland is still on the clock .........
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/20/09 10:03 PM
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Well Loon, I just checked the rolls and didn't see an entry with your name on it! Can't win if you don't identify the mystery photo! Okay, here's a trivia question for you. This lighthouse was constucted in 1874. Until 1910, it was known as Big Sable Light. By what name do we know this lighthouse as today?
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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Au Sable From NPS bulletin: Congress acted in 1872, appropriating $40,000 for a lighthouse at Au Sable. The State of Michigan sold 326 acres of land to the federal government for the light station at a cost of $407. Work began the following year and continued into 1874. In late July, 1874 the Light House Board released a Notice to Mariners announcing, “Notice is hereby given that on or about the night of Wednesday the 19th day of August 1874 a fixed white light will be exhibited from the new brick tower at Big Sable Point…” As was common for the U.S. Lighthouse Service, the tower at Big Sable (the name was changed to Au Sable in 1910) was not a unique design. Built on the same plan as the 1874 Outer Island Light in the Apostle Islands of Wisconsin, its whitewashed walls and black-trimmed tower made it an easily noticed landmark. “Notice is hereby given…” The tower is 86 feet high measured from its base to the rooftop ventilator ball. At its base the walls are over four feet thick while the wall at the lower lantern room is over three feet thick. The tower foundation consists of rubble masonary lying on bedrock 23 feet below the surface!
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/20/09 10:55 PM
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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That was close, but Laura, it's yours. Nothing left to be said, you've included it all.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/21/09 09:04 PM
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This lighthouse would have been named Racoon Island Lighthouse, but for poor eyesight.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/22/09 09:08 PM
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/23/09 01:35 AM
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/23/09 02:38 AM
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Nope. It should have been called Racoon Island but instead it was called.....
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/23/09 04:25 AM
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The Island that should have been called Racoon Island?
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/23/09 09:14 AM
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The namers of the island thought they were seeing one thing but they were really seeing racoons. There is no longer a lighthouse here, but over the years two very different lights have stood on this island.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/23/09 07:57 PM
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I know there is a Dog Island on Florida's west coast.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/23/09 09:38 PM
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Farther west, but you are getting the right idea.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/25/09 07:54 PM
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Bear Island or Bear Cub Island?
(a guess because the structure of a raccoon is similar to a bear.)
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/26/09 02:03 AM
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CAT! Why didn't I think of that??? I've got 2 co-dependant cats around me every day! lol
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/26/09 02:17 AM
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Right! From Wikipedia.... Cat Island is a barrier island off the Gulf Coast of the United States. The island is named for raccoons which early explorers mistook for cats. The 1831 masonry tower, built under Winslow Lewis, supposedly had no foundation. In 1868 this was replaced with a cottaqe style screwpile. Like many others in the area, changing channels meant the light was abandoned and finally burnt down in 1961. http://lighthouse.passchristian.net/cat_island_lighthouse.htm Your turn Roland.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/26/09 10:20 AM
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This was the last US lighthouse to be converted to electricity, (1962).
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/26/09 10:48 AM
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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Lime Kiln was the last in Washington State to be converted in the 1940's. This lighthouse was converted nearly 20 years later.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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Not sure I have the right one. Conimicut Lighthouse, Rhode Island - established 1868, electrified 1960. Now I think I have the right one...Burnt Island, ME, built 1821, electrified 1962.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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Many publications say Conimicut, but Burnt Island was a full two years later. It's back to you Laura!
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I wouldn't have gotten it right if you hadn't given the year Roland. That made me keep looking. Okay here goes: Stephen Pleasanton is berated today for his penny pinching when it came to lighthouses, but there is something else he did, which even today we should all be very grateful for. What did he do?
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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He hid lots of founding documents from the British during the war of 1812.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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Yes, including The Declaration of Independence! You wouldn't be able to visit it in DC except for Pleasanton. Your turn Tybee.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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Which lighthouse property was used as a juvinile corrections facility?
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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Georgetown LH SC was used for a few years, but not now.
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Thats the one. I didnt realize that was so easy. lol
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Finally one that I could have answered! But as usual, I'm a day late and a dollar short!
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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This one isn't too difficult if you do lots of reading. Which lighthouse has been replaced or rebuilt the most times and how many times?
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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I'm going to guess and say Tybee Island, 6 times
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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Cape San Blas, current tower is the 4th, and even it had to be relocated once in 1918 to keep it from being lost.
Eric
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/29/09 01:36 AM
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Super Wacko
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Super Wacko
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Brandt Point, Mass. Some books say 10 towers, some say 8. I don't think anyone really knows.
Laura
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/29/09 02:08 AM
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Wacko
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Wacko
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Brandt Point or more commonly Brant Point is correct. Laura is also correct in that I've seen 7-10 listed in various books, but believe 9 or 10 towers is correct. Laura's up.
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/29/09 09:39 AM
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Super Wacko
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Super Wacko
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Next question: What was the first US lighthouse built with a fresnel as its original optic?
Edited to say:"US lighthouse" otherwise I won't know the answer.
I hadn't caught that Brandt (Brant) was spelled 2 different ways. That always amazes me. My mother's family spelled their last name 3 different ways. Her birth certicate said Waldron, while the name she used was Walden. Some of her family used Waldon. When making her arrangements a few days before she died, I was able to get all the names for her obituary spelled right, afterwards some guy "corrected" them all to the same spelling, and I could not get them straight again.
Laura
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/29/09 11:15 PM
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Wacko
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Wacko
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Sankaty Head Light, Nantucket Island, MA 1850
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/29/09 11:36 PM
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Super Wacko
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Right, fresnels were tested at several other lighthouses, but this was the first lighthouse to START with a fresnel. Your turn MG.
Laura
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Re: Lighthouse Trivia
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01/30/09 07:19 AM
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Wacko
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Wacko
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Which light was the last manned one on the Great Lakes?
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