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Ice-Bound at Chicago Harbor Light
Frozen along the Lake Michigan shore in Chicago, the Coast Guard boat is up on the ice, as they brought supplies to the keepers at the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse on January 29, 1948.
Bass Harbor Lighthouse Quarter Ceremony
Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse quarter, honoring Acadia National Park, was the 13th quarter to be released in the U.S. Mint’s America the Beautiful Series of quarters, which was released on June 26, 2012. Tim Harrison, editor of Lighthouse Digest from 1992-2023, was the primary speaker at the event. Harrison spoke about the history of Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse and the important role of lighthouses in American history. (Photo by Kathleen Finnegan-Harrison)
Dominion Lighthouse Depot
This image, sent to us by Roy Paul, was taken in June 1946. After World War II, Roy’s father attended the electrician apprenticeship program held at the Dominion Lighthouse Depot (DLD) in Cornwall, Ontario. The DLD was commissioned at Prescott, Ontario, Canada, in 1903. The depot relocated from Morrisburg and took over a facility in Prescott that had been constructed in 1900 by the Imperial Starch Company. The DLD supported aids to navigation, coast to coast, from 1903 to 1985. From 1940 to 1945, it manufactured war materials (depth-charge pistols and primers used by Canadian and British warships in sinking U-boats) during World War II. In 1962, it became the Prescott Base for the Canadian Coast Guard.
Nubble Light Presentation
In May of 1995, Lighthouse Digest editor Tim Harrison presented a framed limited edition print to the Sohier Park Visitors Welcome Center at Maine’s Cape Neddick Lighthouse. The painting by John Richard Perry, which shows the Nubble Light under construction in 1879, is on display at the welcome center at the Cape Neddick “Nubble” Lighthouse. Pictured with the print (l to r) are Edith Sissa, Tim Harrison, Verna Rundlett, and Lorraine Moulton. (Photo by Kathleen Finnegan).
Spring Point Ledge Light
We thought this was an interesting series of photos. The Spring Point Ledge Light is shown shortly after its construction in 1897. And then, we have a Coast Guard photo of the sparkplug lighthouse in 1949, just a couple years before the breakwater was built. And last, is the lighthouse as the granite breakwater was being built atop Spring Point Ledge to connect the lighthouse to the shore; the breakwater was finished in 1951. (Lighthouse Digest archives)
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