The quarterly Journal of the United States Lighthouse Society

Fall 1996

Front Cover: Ocracoke Lighthouse -- in color

Back Cover: Oksoy Lighthouse, Norway -- in color

Inside Back Cover: Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, Oregon -- photo and poem

Main Articles

• Ocracoke Lighthouse, Outer Banks, North Carolina
  • Jim Utter writes on the history of North Carolina's oldest operational lighthouse, nearing its 175th anniversary.
    3 photos, map
    • Diamond Shoals Lightship
    • Bald Head
    • Bodie Island
    • Cape Hatteras
    • Cape Lookout
    • Hatteras Inlet

     

• The Architecture of the Life Saving Service by Wick York
  • A thorough survey of architectural styles of lifesaving stations from the 18th Century Massachusetts Humane Society to the modern Coast Guard shore and sea rescue operations -- reprinted from the Log of the Mystic Seaport Museum, written by a leading architectural historian. 11 photos, 4 drawings

   

• Isle of Lundy Lighthouses: A Paper in Memory of the Lighthouse Keepers of Lundy by Robert Farrah
  • The history of lighthouses on this island in the mouth of Bristol Channel in southwest England. Courtesy of Trinity House. 2 photos, drawing, map
  • Lundy Old Lighthouse
  • Lundy North
  • Lundy South
    • Bishop Rock
    • Eddystone
    • Longships
    • Smalls
    • Wolf Rock

     

• Pages from the Past -- Closing Sand Island Lighthouse for the Season
  • Excerpts from the Diary of Ella Gertrude Luick, wife of Keeper Emmanuel Luick about life on Sand Island, Apostle Islands, Lake Superior, Wisconsin, at the turn of the century. Courtesy of Dave Snyder, historian of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore. 3 photos, 2 maps
    • Devils Island
    • La Pointe
    • Michigan Island
    • Outer Island
    • Raspberry Island

     

• Only Yesterday -- Point Knox, Angel Island
  • A former fog signal station that, for a time, also housed a minor light. Point Knox Station guarded the ferry route to Sausalito in San Francisco Bay, California. Read about the heroics of Juliet Nichols, who often struck the fog bell manually for long hours into the night, when the mechanisms failed repeatedly. 4 photos, illustration, map
    • Alcatraz
    • Fort Point
    • Lime Point
    • Point Bonita
    • Yerba Buena

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    Additional Features

    • The View from the Lantern Room: President Wayne Wheeler offers opinions on the true intent of the National Register of Historic Places and lends perspective to the recent ground swell of popular demand for lighthouse preservation.
    • U. S. Lighthouse Service Bulletins:
      • September 1933 -- York Spit Light Station (Chesapeake Bay, Virginia) Damaged by Storm
      • May 1916 -- Retirement Bill for Lighthouse Service
      • March 1914 -- Official Flags
      • November 1914 -- Rescue of 11 Men from the Steamer Ora Endress (Whitefish Point Light Station, Michigan)

       

    • Society District Reports:

      New England

      • Cape Cod Lighthouse, Truro MA -- Report on the recent move
      • Block Island Southeast, Block Island RI

      North Atlantic

      • New Jersey Lighthouses -- NJ Historic Trust press Release
        • East Point
        • Hereford Inlet
        • Absecon
      • Assateague, Chincoteague Island VA
      • Mariners' Museum, Newport News VA -- Lighthouse Exhibit
      • Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons MD
        • Exhibit: Lighthouses of Southern Maryland
        • Drum Point

      South Atlantic and Gulf Coasts

      • Cape Florida, Key Biscayne FL

      Great Lakes

      • Forty Mile Point, Lake Huron, Alpena MI
      • Round Island, Mackinac Island MI
      • Calumet Harbor, Lake Michigan, Calumet IL

      West Coast

      • Cape Mendocino, Shelter Cove CA
      • Makapuu Point, Oahu HI
      • Eldred Rock, Lynn Canal AK
      • Destruction Island WA
      • Swiftsure Lightship, Port of Seattle WA

   

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  • Foreign Affairs

    • Point Abino, Lake Erie, Canada

   

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  • Lighthouse Society Tours:
    • Norway
    • Cape Cod III
    • Outer Banks

Updated 5 December 1996, jmc