Lighthouses of Oregon

Linda’s Monthly Monday Morning Moaning’s for May 6, 2024 There are eleven lighthouses on the Oregon Coast and nine of them are on the National Register of Historic Places, along the 363 miles of that Oregon Coast. This summer Arcadia will publish ‘Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast’ the third in a series of four vintage postcardContinue reading “Lighthouses of Oregon”

Researching the Lights’ 2

Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s In a lighthouse, the source of light is called the ‘lamp’, whether electric or fueled by oil, and the light is concentrated by the ‘lens’ or ‘optic’. The introduction of electrification and automatic lamp changers began to make lighthouse keepers obsolete. They lighthouses still had keepers, because they could be usedContinue reading “Researching the Lights’ 2”

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Researching the ‘Lights’

Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s, Let’s start with, “What is a lighthouse”? Very simply a tower, building or other type of structure designed to emit a light system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid on the seas or inland waterways. Lighthouses helped mark the way around dangerous coastlines, shoals,Continue reading “Researching the ‘Lights’”

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A Quick Trip for Research

Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’ If you are researching lighthouses, the place to go is the Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association, also known as ‘GLLKA’ in Mackinaw City, Michigan. For those that might not be familiar to this part of Michigan, it’s were the very tip of the mitten, connects to a five mile long bridgeContinue reading “A Quick Trip for Research”

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