Minots Ledge - Massachusetts

The first Minots Ledge Lighthouse was in serious danger in March, 1851. Huge, rolling waves pounded the tower incessantly. At some point on the afternoon of March 17, 1851, the steel skeleton lurched and began to lean. With each passing wave the lean grew worse until, at last, the tower could take no more, and fell into the ocean. Two men, Joseph Wilson and Joseph Antoine, died in the destruction of this lighthouse.