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Number Lights #169489 08/09/04 02:11 PM
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Here's a fun one. Let's see how many lighthouse names we can list with numbers in them. One post person/day.

I'll start.

Thirty Mile Point, NY.

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Fourteen Mile Lighthouse , Lake Superior, Ontonagon, Michigan

edited to make link work - Dave

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14 Foot Light Delaware Bay

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Seven Foot Knoll, Baltimore Harbor


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Two Bush Light, ME

Don't ask me confused , I found it on page 69 of "Legendary lighthouses" by John Grant and Ray Jones.


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Three Sisters of Nauset, MA

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35 Foot Channel Lightship


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That's a new one to most of us, I bet. Where is (was) this location, Aaron?

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Two Rivers North Pier, WI on Lake Michigan. Our merry band of Wackos visited this light on the pre-Rosemont expedition a couple years ago.

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Five Mile Point, Connecticut

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Quote:
Originally posted by Dave H:
That's a new one to most of us, I bet. Where is (was) this location, Aaron?
Sadly I do not know whether or not she is still afloat. She was a Chesapeake Bay lightship who served until 1919 but am not sure if she was scrapped. She was stationed near the James River in VA.


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Half Moon Reef, Texas eek

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Well that was sure a SURPRISE. Never heard of that one nor several others at that site!

But it led to this game one:

Four Mile Crib IL

Check out more lights you never heard of at
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/il.htm

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This one on the Hudson River's long gone...

Four Mile Point Light


(Fixed the link for you -- Greg)

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Now THAT is an interesting light! Where did you come upon that? cool

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Yeah, I forgot the name of the lighthouse at first. Well as I said, it's long gone!!!!

I've known about that one for a long time thanks to Mike, the Lightkeeper. Here's a link to his site which features this light as well as the other Hudson River lighhouses past and present.

http://hometown.aol.com/thelightkeeper/HudsonRiverLightkeepers.html

In the fall of '99 we located the area where this light was and a house that may have been the keeper's house.

My first link is a neat site as it takes you along the Hudson pointing out all the historical sites.

This is a good game, Greg. You're doing a nice job here. smile

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The Three Kings, New Zealand

(A very distant view!)

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That seems to be a little bit of a stretch, Sue.... but definitely creative.

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But I love it, Sue. How creative.

Bob

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Getting to this one's a bit of an adventure!

Nine Mile Point, Ontario, Canada

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Have never seen this one but maybe will do next year in association with the Reunion on Mackinac.

Six Mile Point Range Rear Light, Cedarville, Michigan

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Sue, I found your log from a trip to the St. Lawrence area several years ago recently, and read about going to Nine Mile Point. It looks like quite an adventure! smile

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Doubling Point Range Light just past Fiddlers Reach Fog Station on the Kennebec River in Maine.

Its not exactly a number, but it is mathematical in nature.

Gary

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Sevenstones Lightship (England)

(With another much larger ship behind it!)

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Coney Island Light


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And,

If Coney Island is acceptable ...

... then so would be Jones Point ...

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And the 'Twin Lights of Navesink' must fit in there too.

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Rules for this game are one post per person per day Barry! wink

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Here's the numbers found so far:

1/2, One, Two/Doubling/Twin, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Nine, Ten, Fourteen, Thirty, Thirty-five, Forty, Sixty-Eight.

These numbers have described:

Moons, miles, fathoms, rivers, harbors, bushes, sisters, kings, fingers, feet, pounds, and streets.

Also: Points, shoals, knolls, channels, banks, piers, reefs, cribs and islands! smile

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Does this count??

WLV 82 Eleven Foot Shoal Lightship

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Looks good to me Mike! Here's a link to a photo of it:

http://www.nightbeacon.com/zlightships/pics/LV82d.jpg

(Couldn't link to the page on it as the address had parentheses in it.)

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Wow, I didn't even think of mathimatical variations or numbers in the middle of names. It's OK with me...adds another dimension to the game. smile


How's this:

Five Islands Light, NS

http://www.lhdepot.com/database/uniquelighthouse.cfm?value=1008

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Here's a different one.

LV 60 Eleven Foot Shoal Lightship

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This thread is now closed. Continued at:

http://www.lighthousekeepers.com/cgi-bin/forumscgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=37&t=000235

Keep 'em coming! We're doing great! smile


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