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Ronda Armitage was born in Kaikōura, New Zealand, on 11 March 1943. [1]She worked as a teacher and is a trained counsellor, but is best known for her many children's books, including the Lighthouse Keeper series, inspired by the Beachy Head lighthouse.
George Worthylake served as the first lighthouse keeper in the United States. He served at Boston Harbor Lighthouse from 1716 until his death in 1718. [7] In 1776, Hannah Thomas became the first female lighthouse keeper in the United States when she became keeper of Plymouth (Gurnet) Lighthouse in Massachusetts following the death of her husband, John Thomas.
The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Penfield Reef Lighthouse in 1990. [ 1 ] [ 12 ] In 2015, the Coast Guard executed a substantial rehabilitation project at the lighthouse, designed by architect Marsha Levy of the Coast Guard's Civil Engineering Unit Providence, to address the damage from Hurricane Sandy.
Throughout its history, the lighthouse in Massachusetts Bay has been through numerous transitions from being blown up by the British in 1776, to being rebuilt in 1783, and electrified in 1948
The Flying Santa is the name given to a tradition that dates to Christmas of 1929, when packages of gifts were dropped from a plane to lighthouse keepers and their families along the New England coast. [1] The organization was the brainchild of William H. Wincapaw, [2] a floatplane pilot from Friendship, Maine. He was well known for ...
The Stamford Harbor Ledge lighthouse was built in 1882 and was a sparkplug lighthouse cast iron tower, manufactured in Boston. [4] The light, 3,600 feet (1,100 m) from shore, was sold to a private party in 1955. Several lighthouse keepers and their families lived in the lighthouse at various times. [4]
Pointe aux Barques (/ p ɔɪ n t ə b ɑːr k s / point-ə-BARKS) Lighthouse and Maritime Museum is an active lighthouse and adjoining museum located in Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located along the shores of Lake Huron on the northeastern tip of the Thumb .
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