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Harbor Beach Light
Dear HB: What do you think? What else do we need? 7&6=thirteen (talk) 01:23, 17 May 2008 (UTC) Stan HB:
- BTW, I think that the limited period of operation was for the fog signal as I put in the note. That is what Volume 7 of the current U.S. Coast Guard light list says. Are you saying that this federal document is wrong? TIn any event, the link is there. It was my source, and you can read it yourself. That's all I know. GIGO. I'm not disputing what you say, but I am pointing out the contradictions. if indeed they exist. I went with the Coast Guard's published data. Hope that clarifies what I found and where I found it. Best to you.
- This is the data which appears in the separate columns in Volume 7:
- Harbor Beach
10130 - Light 43 50 42 N 82 37 54 W Al WR 10s 54 16 W 19 R 16 White conical tower. HORN: 1 blast ev 30s (3s bl). Operates from Apr. 1 to Dec. 1. [Bold and Italics added.} 7&6=thirteen (talk) 01:22, 18 June 2008 (UTC)Stan
- Can you ask them about the horn? Based on my reading of the lightlist, I think that is the only issue. I don't know when the Coast Guard publishes its lightlist, or how often it is updated. Although I think that info is in it somewhere. Or we could just wait until a foggy day in January and see if the horn comes on. Just kidding. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 01:38, 18 June 2008 (UTC) Stan
Lighthouse and Harbor Timeline
| Lighthouse and Harbor Timeline [1] | |
|---|---|
| Date | Event |
| 1872 | Sand Beach Selected for a harbor of refuge. |
| 1873 | Construction begins on the breakwall. Jenks and Co. builds a dock in the harbor. |
| 1876 | The first lighthouse is constructed. It is a skeletal structure with a lamp room and one other small room below. Willis Graves is the first light keeper. Between 1877 and 1899, 47,460 ships took shelter in the Sand Beach Harbor of Refuge. |
| 1878 | Loren Trescott appointed Light Keeper. He remained the keeper for 34 years. |
| 1880 | Lamp converted to kerosene; burned as bright, but less expensive than lard oil. |
| 1881 | Sand Beach Life Saving Station built. |
| 1882 | Captain Wagstaff appointed Harbor Master. |
| 1884 | Foundation for new light house built west of the breakwall, north of the main entrance. |
| 1885 | Current lighthouse built, original light moved to north entrance. South pier light established. |
| 1898 | Captain Rice appointed Harbor Master. |
| 1899 | Sand Beach renamed to Harbor Beach. |
| 1904 | After years of repairing storm damage, the wood superstructure was replaced with concrete. |
| 1909 | Life Saving Station moved to the Jenks Dock |
| 1913 | Storm of November 1913 does $300,000 damage to the breakwall. Hundreds of sailors killed as their ships sink or are destroyed. |
| 1920 | U.S. Coast Guard takes over Harbor Master duties. Archibald Davidson appointed lighthouse keeper |
| 1935 | U.S. Coast Guard station built 300 yards off shore in the harbor. Otto Both appointed Lighthouse keeper. |
| 1940 | Thomas Radcliff appointed Lighthouse keeper. Later in the decade the Coast Guard takes over operation of the lighthouse. |
| 1967 | The lighthouse is operated remotely from shore. Last year for anyone to live in the lighthouse. |
| 1984 | The Harbor Beach Lighthouse and Breakwall Preservation Society formed. |
| 1996 | The Original Fourth order Fresnel lens was replaced. |
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