What once was is now but ripples in lost epochs traversed. Disbursed back when and promptly indexed within the annals of memory, the anterior gleams of our lighthouse past are deemed frozen ridges of …
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Christmas Spirit at West Quoddy Head Light
The following was inspired by the sight of a beautiful Christmas tree inside the former keeper’s dwelling – now a visitor’s center, at West Quoddy Head Lighthouse during the holiday season… A …
Staying at a Lighthouse
I find these long ago comments by Henry Clay Barnabee, an American singer and actor, to be quite insightful. Staying at or in a lighthouse is an experience like no other. And one need not be a …
Aberrations of Audibility of Fog-Signals
The following information about oddities related to fog signals was published in the government publication, The Modern Light-House Service, 1890, by Arnold Burges Johnson, Chief Clerk, United States …