Bug Lights
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08/06/02 02:08 AM
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Quite a few lighthouses, for some reason, are called "Bug Light" in addition to their given name. Does anyone know why? How many can we name? Here's one to start: Former Narrows "Bug Light", Boston Harbor
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Re: Bug Lights
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08/06/02 02:27 AM
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How about Portland Breakwater "Bug Light", ME
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Re: Bug Lights
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08/06/02 09:24 AM
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Long Beach Bar "Bug" Lighthouse - Orient, NY Bug Light shirin
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Re: Bug Lights
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08/07/02 02:20 AM
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Duxbury Pier Light , Plymouth, MA Dave
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Re: Bug Lights
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08/07/02 10:24 AM
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To answer Mombo's question about "why" some are known as "Bug Light" in addition to their "official" name -- I know that Long Beach Bar started to be known as "Bug Light" because it originally had a screwpile foundation. From a distance, it looked like a large bug walking on the water. When the cement foundation was added, it no longer looked like a bug, but by that point the name had stuck.
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Re: Bug Lights
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08/07/02 11:12 AM
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I see that in the link provided for the Narrows light, it also states that this light resembled a bug for the same reason you stated Diane.
Curious as to the others mentioned as they aren't screwpiles!
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Re: Bug Lights
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08/07/02 12:47 PM
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The other lighthouses mentioned are similar to Orient Point in Greenport which is nicknamed "the Coffee Pot" or others that I have heard referred to as 'spark plug' lights. Bob
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08/10/02 01:46 AM
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From the Boston Globe Article on the relighting of the Portland Breakwater Lighthouse:
"Maggie Beals, a curator at the Portland Harbor Museum, said the name Bug Light is a generic term for small lighthouses. "There are lots of Bug Lights along the coast," she said."
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Re: Bug Lights
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08/11/02 07:44 PM
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I found another "Bug" light today, well a former light, quite by accident. It used to be on Plum Island, Ma. You can read about it here, if you scroll down about 1/2 way: http://www.lighthouse.cc/plumisland/history.html
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Re: Bug Lights
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08/11/02 11:34 PM
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Bug Light? Oh, I thought you were talking about Bud Light. I couldn't figure out which light looked like a beer can. As far as the Duxbury Pier Light goes, I thought it was called the Bug Light because the actual light that illuminates is so small you could mistake it for a "lightning bug" from a distance. From a few hundred yards away, it looks like a car's tail light. Bob
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