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Light Hearted ep 233 – Jean Muchanic and Buddy Grover, Absecon, NJ
Absecon Lighthouse in Atlantic City, New Jersey, has the distinction of being New Jersey’s tallest lighthouse and the nation’s third tallest masonry …
3 years, 2 months ago
Light Hearted ep 232 – North Head Lighthouse, Washington
The first lighthouse in the Pacific Northwest was established in 1856 on the north side of the entrance to the Columbia River at Cape Disappointment,…
3 years, 2 months ago
Light Hearted 231 – National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act and the GSA; National Lighthouse Day Dance Contest
The National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000, or NHLPA, was created to aid the preservation of federally owned historic light stations. …
3 years, 3 months ago
Light Hearted ep 230 – Lake Erie Lighthouses of Pennsylvania; Chicago Harbor Lighthouse, Illinois
Erie Land Lighthouse, photo by Brian Berchtold.
There are three lighthouses on the Lake Erie shore within the state of Pennsylvania. The first of t…
3 years, 3 months ago
Light Hearted ep 229 – Connie Small, “The Lighthouse Keeper’s Wife”
Connie and Elson Small in the 1940s
Constance Scovill Small was born into a Maine family that included sea captains and lighthouse keepers. Connie …
3 years, 3 months ago
Light Hearted ep 228 – USLHS tours, and “Lighthouse Girl” revisited
Dianne Wolfer’s 2009 book Lighthouse Girl won the West Australian Young Readers’ Book Award for Picture Books. Lighthouse Girl tells the poignant …
3 years, 3 months ago
Light Hearted ep 227 – Barry Porter, “Adventures of a Lightkeeper” (Newfoundland) pt 3 of 3
Courtesy of Barry Porter
Barry Porter was born into a farming family in Porterville, on the north coast of Newfoundland, Canada. After working as a…
3 years, 4 months ago
Light Hearted ep 226 – Barry Porter, “Adventures of a Lightkeeper” (Newfoundland) pt 2 of 3
Barry Porter
This is the second part in a three-part interview with Barry Porter, whose new book Adventures of a Lightkeeper tells the story of his…
3 years, 4 months ago
Light Hearted ep 225 – Barry Porter, “Adventures of a Lightkeeper” (Newfoundland) pt 1 of 3
Barry Porter (courtesy of Barry Porter)
Barry Porter worked as a lighthouse keeper on the northeast coast of Newfoundland with the Canadian Coast G…
3 years, 4 months ago
Light Hearted ep 224 – Wayne Sapulski, Michele and Mark VanderVelde (Great Lakes Lighthouse Keepers Association)
St. Helena Island Light Station, Michigan, courtesy of GLLKA Michele and Mark VanderVelde at St. Helena Island. Courtesy of Michele and Mark Vande…
3 years, 4 months ago