Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for November 6, 2023
With the summer launch of ‘Lighthouses of the North Atlantic Coast’, it was time to move on with my next venture on the Pacific Coast. This will be the third of what I hope to be four books on the Great Lakes and Coastal lights in the United States. The states within this edition will cover Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California and Hawaii. With the research needed to learn about the different lighthouses, I have found the styles change depending on what area they are in the country. In Alaska, most are of an Art Deco style often constructed from concrete, in Hawaii you are more likely to see what is called ‘minor’ lights, like a navigational lights, not the large towers most often seen else where. On the Pacific coast, the Fresnel lens are larger and brighter than those used on our Great Lakes lights. This book will be expected at the publisher in March, with a summer 2024 publication date.
Above, Yaquina Lighthouse or also called Cape Foulweather by many mariners over the years.
Above, Point Hueneme Light Station, in California, flying a flag with only 48 stars.
Above, Sentinel Island Lighthouse, Juneau. In August 5, 1910, the Princess May departed Skagway, Alaska, with 80 passengers and 68 crew and a shipment of gold. The ship was steaming down the Lynn Canal at 12 knots under heavy fog in the command of Captain John McLeo, when it stuck the rocks near the north end of Sentinel Island early in the morning. It was high tide and the momentum of the ship forced it well up onto the rocks, with the bow jutting upward at an angle of 23 degrees. No lives were lost, thanks to the Sentinel Island lighthouse keepers help.
Above, the Aloha Tower in Honolulu Hawaii. Most often used as a Customs House for all visitors coming to the islands.
The research and writing continues. On that ‘wee note’ till Monday December 4th, 2023.
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