+BuckBrooke Posted June 4, 2008 Share Posted June 4, 2008 Greetings, all. Here's a fun story about a lighthouse (probably an intersection station) that disappeared for quite a while, then reappeared in an unexpected place: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/04/lighthous...d.ap/index.html My guess is that the lighthouse in reference (moved in 1925 from the CNN article) might have been LW3802 BILLINGSGATE LIGHTHOUSE, or there's a slim chance it might have been LW3804 BILLINGSGATE LIGHTHOUSE (1932 C&GS log makes it unlikely), though it could have been some other light house in the area. Quote Link to comment
Papa-Bear-NYC Posted June 5, 2008 Share Posted June 5, 2008 (edited) Greetings, all. Here's a fun story about a lighthouse (probably an intersection station) that disappeared for quite a while, then reappeared in an unexpected place: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/04/lighthous...d.ap/index.html My guess is that the lighthouse in reference (moved in 1925 from the CNN article) might have been LW3802 BILLINGSGATE LIGHTHOUSE, or there's a slim chance it might have been LW3804 BILLINGSGATE LIGHTHOUSE (1932 C&GS log makes it unlikely), though it could have been some other light house in the area. I read the story. pretty amusing. But sorry it wasn't Billingsgate. Billingsgate was on a sand spit which has completely disappeared beneath the waves. This particular lighthouse was on a beach at the inner part of Wellfleet Harbor and the keeper's house is still there. Not under the waves at all. Here's the original article from the Cape Cod Times: Cape Cod Times It was at a place called Mayo Beach. Here's a map: Google Map Billingsgate was at the end of the long spit of land on the left side of the map (in fact beyond the end by I think almost 1/2 mile) Edited June 5, 2008 by Papa-Bear-NYC Quote Link to comment
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