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Light Hearted ep 265 – Whale Rock, RI, and the Hurricane of 1938
Whale Rock Lighthouse (U.S. Coast Guard) Walter Eberle with his wife Agnes
Whale Rock Light, a typical cast-iron “spark plug” type lighthouse, wa…
2 years, 3 months ago
Light Hearted ep 264 – Kristen Heather and Jeanette Rodriquez, Point Fermin, California
The area in Southern California known as San Pedro saw Spanish use dating back to the 1540s. Once a separate township, it’s now part of Los Angeles. …
2 years, 3 months ago
Light Hearted ep 263 – Joanne Mulloy and Jerry Arnold, Mukilteo, Washington
Mukilteo Lighthouse, photo by Jeremy D’Entremont
On the east side of Washington’s Puget Sound, Mukilteo grew as a port in the late 1800s, with salm…
2 years, 3 months ago
Light Hearted ep 262 – Old Point Loma, California
Old Point Loma Lighthouse, photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
Congress authorized lighthouses at several California locations in 1850, including San Dieg…
2 years, 4 months ago
Light Hearted ep 261 – Cornelia Cesari, Baker island, Maine
Cornelia Cesari
Maine’s Baker Island is about four miles southeast of the much larger Mount Desert Island. A lighthouse was established on the high…
2 years, 4 months ago
Light Hearted ep 260 – Julie Barrow, Pigeon Point, CA
Julie Barrow at Pigeon Point Light Station, California. Courtesy of Julie Barrow.
California’s iconic Pigeon Point Lighthouse, located on the centr…
2 years, 4 months ago
Light Hearted ep 259 – A look back at the career of lighthouse technician Harry Duvall
Harry Duvall and Dan May. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
Harry Duvall enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard in the 1960s and trained as an electronics tec…
2 years, 4 months ago
Light Hearted ep 258 – Bob Trapani Jr.: New England’s fascinating day beacons
A day beacon (or daybeacon) is defined simply as an unlighted nautical sea mark, serving to aid navigation during the day. The U.S. Coast Guard maint…
2 years, 5 months ago
Light Hearted ep 257 – Ford Reiche, Little Mark Island, Maine
Little Mark Island—about one acre in size—is in Maine’s Casco Bay, near the town of Harpswell. On the island is a 50-foot tall, stone, pyramidal towe…
2 years, 5 months ago
Light Hearted ep 256 – Boston Light Keeper Sally Snowman and the end of an era, part 2 of 2
Sally Snowman and her husband Jay Thomson on the occasion of Sally’s retirement on December 15, 2023. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
At the end of th…
2 years, 5 months ago