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Light Hearted ep 43 – Frederick Mikkelsen, former keeper of Conimicut Lighthouse, RI
Fred Mikkelsen speaking at a symposium in Kittery, Maine, in 2016..
Frederick Mikkelsen was a Coast Guard light keeper at Conimicut Lighthouse in Rho…
6 years, 4 months ago
Light Hearted ep 42 – Nancy Patterson, East Point Lighthouse, New Jersey
East Point Lighthouse, U.S. Lighthouse Society archive
East Point Lighthouse began service in September 1849. It’s a type of building known as a Cape…
6 years, 4 months ago
Light Hearted Special Edition – Former Maine lighthouse keeper Ernie DeRaps
Ernie DeRaps at Monhegan Lighthouse in 2007. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
This is a special edition of Light
Hearted, featuring an extended interview…
6 years, 4 months ago
Light Hearted ep 41 – Tom Baird, St. Marks Lighthouse, Florida
St. Marks Light Station in April 2018; U.S. Lighthouse Society photo by Jeff Gales.
St. Marks is a small city on Florida’s gulf coast that’s part of …
6 years, 4 months ago
Light Hearted ep 40 – Don Terras, Grosse Point Light Station, IL
Don Terras, seen through the Fresnel lens in the Grosse Point Lighthouse.
Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
Grosse Point Lighthouse, located at the south…
6 years, 5 months ago
Light Hearted ep 39 – John Potvin, Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, Maryland
Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse, U.S. Lighthouse Society photo.
Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse is probably the best-known lighthouse in Maryland, and it…
6 years, 5 months ago
Light Hearted ep 38 – Scott Brown, Sakonnet Point Lighthouse, Rhode Island
Sakonnet Point Lighthouse under restoration; photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
Featured in this episode of Light Hearted is an interview with Scott Brown,…
6 years, 5 months ago
Light Hearted ep 37 – Bruce Williams and Phil Blagys; Bridgeport, CT, and Black Rock Harbor Lighthouse
Black Rock Harbor (Fayerweather Island) Lighthouse in September 2019. Photo by Jeremy D’Entremont.
With its harbor at the mouth of the Pequonnock Riv…
6 years, 5 months ago
Light Hearted ep 36 – Annie Potts, Elbow Reef Lighthouse Society, The Bahamas
In 1864 the Elbow Reef Light Station went into service at Hope Town, a small settlement on Elbow Cay, one of the barrier islands off Great Abaco Isla…
6 years, 5 months ago
Light Hearted ep 35 – Brian Tague, Friends of Flying Santa
The Flying Santa passes Boston Light, 1947 (Friends of Flying Santa)
Capt. William Wincapaw
(Friends of Flying Santa)
The Flying Santa tradition g…
6 years, 6 months ago