Episode 46 - Pemaquid Point Lighthouse

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,780 Hi everyone, I'm Emily and I'm Vince and this is the lighthouse lowdown 2 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:18,480 I have a question for you. Okay. Is it like a okay? Why do dogs float? 3 00:00:20,640 --> 00:00:22,820 Is the bark and bark floats 4 00:00:22,820 --> 00:00:28,660 Because they're good boys our 5 00:00:32,180 --> 00:00:36,520 Poor listeners. I know I just saw it and decided for our history buoy 6 00:00:37,140 --> 00:00:43,940 The intro into our history movie that just be a little joke time good boys. Yeah, so today I'm going to do a 7 00:00:44,580 --> 00:00:45,980 current event 8 00:00:45,980 --> 00:00:50,140 Sort of history buoy. Okay current history buoy nice, Sanibel Island 9 00:00:50,140 --> 00:00:54,460 You've covered that lighthouse before I think that was episode 34 10 00:00:55,260 --> 00:00:58,500 We talked about how hurricane Ian hit it 11 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:04,380 It was about 16 months ago and the leg was lost on Sanibel Island lighthouse 12 00:01:04,380 --> 00:01:10,500 It has four legs and one of them was knocked out by the keepers cottages that had swept out of the storm 13 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:15,180 Oh, I didn't know that. Yeah, one of them took out the leg as it was being swept out. So 14 00:01:17,340 --> 00:01:19,340 Nothing without you 15 00:01:19,340 --> 00:01:21,340 Trying to cling on wait 16 00:01:21,860 --> 00:01:27,100 Help me. Yeah, but it was still standing. Yes, and as of 17 00:01:27,780 --> 00:01:30,940 January 23rd, they replaced the lake finally 18 00:01:30,940 --> 00:01:37,120 It has all four legs originally it had a wooden leg for the past like 16 months and now it has 19 00:01:37,620 --> 00:01:42,180 Officially had its cast iron leg put back on and they actually use the pieces from the old 20 00:01:42,180 --> 00:01:49,420 Leg to make a mold for the new leg. So yes Sanibel 21 00:01:50,420 --> 00:01:56,500 Pretty cool. You old peg leg. Yeah, cool. So that's a nice little update. Yeah, do you have any photos to show? 22 00:01:56,500 --> 00:02:01,940 Do you have a photo? Oh, yeah, the left is a picture of the wooden leg that it had for a long time 23 00:02:01,940 --> 00:02:04,820 That is a nice wood. Yeah, they did a good job on it 24 00:02:04,820 --> 00:02:12,940 They actually cared and then the cast iron leg being put on January 23rd. Awesome this year. I think after this 25 00:02:12,940 --> 00:02:18,580 They're going to focus on doing like a recoding of the outside and the inside of the lighthouse 26 00:02:20,060 --> 00:02:24,540 But they don't have any plans right now to replace the cottages, which is kind of a big bummer. Hmm 27 00:02:24,620 --> 00:02:27,140 it would be a huge undertaking and I 28 00:02:27,940 --> 00:02:31,580 Don't know. It would just be yeah. I mean a lot of what a cottage is 29 00:02:31,580 --> 00:02:35,900 Whatever that English is is valued in its history 30 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:38,860 Yeah, exactly not necessarily what it does today 31 00:02:38,860 --> 00:02:45,860 Mm-hmm, like it still has its historical value and everything but they'd be replicas. They wouldn't be like restored versions 32 00:02:45,860 --> 00:02:52,260 I don't know there's value in rebuilding but I don't know how much effort they want to put towards that when they're still trying to recover from 33 00:02:52,260 --> 00:02:57,340 Yeah, okay. Can you remember what this type of tower is called? I can't 34 00:02:57,340 --> 00:02:58,860 Skeleton 35 00:02:58,860 --> 00:03:00,380 Skeleton tower 36 00:03:00,380 --> 00:03:02,380 Skeleton tower 37 00:03:02,380 --> 00:03:04,380 I feel like there's another 38 00:03:05,060 --> 00:03:08,380 descriptor I'm trying to think of well where that you know the 39 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:14,900 Cylinder that is the stairwell and oh, yeah the center, you know column. Yeah 40 00:03:15,700 --> 00:03:19,780 Pretty cool. I gave you an answer. So take it early. That's probably the right answer 41 00:03:21,540 --> 00:03:27,820 Okay, so that was my history buoy a little bit of current history for you and speaking of storm damage 42 00:03:27,820 --> 00:03:32,780 I'm going to launch into my episode today. The only reason I've been seeing this lighthouse 43 00:03:32,780 --> 00:03:36,500 It's actually all over my feed right now because of something that's happened recently 44 00:03:36,500 --> 00:03:42,720 No another January event that I will be talking about later, but we're gonna be heading to Bristol, Maine 45 00:03:43,020 --> 00:03:48,660 So another main lighthouse and going crazy on main lighthouses. It's not my fault. They just show up 46 00:03:48,660 --> 00:03:49,300 Okay 47 00:03:49,300 --> 00:03:55,740 Most of the lighthouses that I cover they just fall into my lap somehow like it's a listener suggestion or there's like current events going 48 00:03:55,740 --> 00:03:59,900 On or something like that. Yeah, usually I'm not researching lighthouses to cover 49 00:03:59,900 --> 00:04:04,340 They just kind of fall into my lap you mentioned that but you couldn't say anything else. What else is there to say? 50 00:04:04,380 --> 00:04:09,560 What are you talking about? I mean around the house. Oh before this episode. Oh, yeah. Yeah 51 00:04:10,740 --> 00:04:12,740 so 52 00:04:13,540 --> 00:04:15,540 Go snow 53 00:04:16,940 --> 00:04:22,220 Sail to the coast of Maine in 1602 for areas to settle and I looked into the sky just before we started recording 54 00:04:22,220 --> 00:04:27,740 Cuz I was gonna leave it at that like he came here and found that there were it was already like a popular fishing spot 55 00:04:27,740 --> 00:04:32,420 For like Native Americans and like European people had already come over here. It's like it's not the first time 56 00:04:32,940 --> 00:04:35,020 Europeans have come over but it was the first 57 00:04:36,180 --> 00:04:38,540 When he came over here in 1602 is the first 58 00:04:39,500 --> 00:04:40,860 official 59 00:04:40,860 --> 00:04:42,060 recorded 60 00:04:42,060 --> 00:04:44,480 European excursion to Cape Cod 61 00:04:44,820 --> 00:04:48,660 Which is so weird because Vince and I are planning a Cape Cod trip right now 62 00:04:48,660 --> 00:04:53,260 We've decided that we're gonna go to Cape Cod Cape Cod. Yeah, and so what a weird thing 63 00:04:53,260 --> 00:04:56,540 He's the one who named it Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard. Oh 64 00:04:57,180 --> 00:05:02,300 Who is Martha Martha was his deceased daughter who was named after his wife's mom? 65 00:05:02,940 --> 00:05:10,460 That's sad and when they crossed it it was uninhabited and it was covered in wild grapes. So we call that Martha's Vineyard 66 00:05:10,460 --> 00:05:13,900 That's really cool. Really awesome and Cape Cod was because there was a ton of fish 67 00:05:13,900 --> 00:05:15,900 So 68 00:05:15,940 --> 00:05:23,420 Anyway, he was considered instrumental to the founding of the Virginia Company and Jamestown because he was like the go-to guy for 69 00:05:24,140 --> 00:05:30,660 Boating excursions. I don't know the Virginia Company. Should I do you not watch Pocahontas Disney's Pocahontas? 70 00:05:30,660 --> 00:05:32,660 I've seen it when I was a child 71 00:05:32,660 --> 00:05:34,660 Virginia Company 72 00:05:36,660 --> 00:05:38,660 You have to remind me 73 00:05:38,660 --> 00:05:45,640 That's like an exploitory group or their shipbuilders or I want to say that they okay. I actually don't know 74 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,060 I just know that they were behind sending everyone to 75 00:05:50,300 --> 00:05:56,720 Is it a dark history John Smith off to huh? Is it a dark history? I don't think it's very good. Yeah 76 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:00,340 So 77 00:06:00,340 --> 00:06:01,460 Bart 78 00:06:01,460 --> 00:06:07,260 So Bart just noted that he came across Pemaquid Point, which is what we're gonna be covering today 79 00:06:07,260 --> 00:06:11,780 Okay, and it was already like inhabited with very friendly Native Americans who had come across 80 00:06:12,420 --> 00:06:17,460 Europeans already and knew like how to trade like they had furs and they were really friendly and 81 00:06:17,940 --> 00:06:20,500 Actually Bartholomew was the one who destroyed that 82 00:06:21,020 --> 00:06:26,300 Sort of good feelings. So by the time that the Mayflower came things were very hostile 83 00:06:27,060 --> 00:06:31,780 Americans because of how he treated them bars. So Bart Bart Bart Bart 84 00:06:31,780 --> 00:06:36,780 Bart shameful behavior Pemaquid Point was popular for fishing and stuff 85 00:06:36,780 --> 00:06:39,360 But they didn't get a lighthouse until two centuries after that 86 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:45,680 So it's like slow settling sort of thing and really just became this is a Native American inhabited area 87 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,820 Um, I assume pretty much everything was 88 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:54,320 Right, but okay. You're saying it was fishing. So it was like settlers were yeah, it was like a spattering 89 00:06:54,320 --> 00:06:56,760 It wasn't like an official settlement or anything like that 90 00:06:56,760 --> 00:07:03,680 But then over time over the course of two centuries it became something where they needed to add a lighthouse. So we got Pemaquid Point 91 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:09,760 $4,000 was set aside for the light station. It was a rubble stone tower, which cool we don't 92 00:07:10,520 --> 00:07:16,840 Have good history of rubble stone lasting very long a keepers cottage with an enormous kitchen is what was mentioned 93 00:07:16,840 --> 00:07:23,780 I don't know what the purpose of that was but I actually have a picture. Here's a Pemaquid the station 94 00:07:23,780 --> 00:07:30,500 So it's really cool in this picture. You can see keepers cottage the tower and then in the back is the fogbell station 95 00:07:31,220 --> 00:07:33,940 First off. I like the fogbell station. I 96 00:07:34,700 --> 00:07:40,340 Don't know why I like the fence their white picket fence. Yeah seems entirely unnecessary 97 00:07:42,500 --> 00:07:46,460 They spent some time on it and then look at the ocean scary 98 00:07:46,460 --> 00:07:52,940 Yeah, very rough rough ocean area and this cliff is like pretty sloped, but I'm pretty sure it's like 40 feet tall 99 00:07:52,940 --> 00:07:57,220 Okay, so from this perspective, it looks like nothing. Yeah, it looks like we're right on the edge of the water 100 00:07:57,220 --> 00:08:02,800 But there's some distance all right. Even the picket fence is right up on the edge of where the rocks and 101 00:08:03,380 --> 00:08:08,860 Like the cliff stuff holding in the civilization, especially the like fog horton building. Look at that. It's pretty cool 102 00:08:09,140 --> 00:08:15,540 It's photoshopped floating out there. I know I think it's because the chimney looks like it's going underneath of it. Yeah, what is it? 103 00:08:15,540 --> 00:08:22,540 I think it's from this perspective. Yeah, this is the current tower. It's not the one that we got in 104 00:08:23,780 --> 00:08:27,020 1827 they bid it out in 1826 and I found a picture 105 00:08:27,900 --> 00:08:34,380 of the newspaper newspaper clipping that was put out like trying to get a bid or trying to bid 106 00:08:35,180 --> 00:08:37,180 construction for this lighthouse so 107 00:08:37,180 --> 00:08:45,340 1826 that crazy some 22nd and they kind of just say what they're looking for and somebody is like 108 00:08:45,460 --> 00:08:49,380 I'll bid on it for this much nuts. That crazy like what a weird 109 00:08:50,980 --> 00:08:58,860 Casual way to have something like this constructed. That's crazy. I'm trying to read this part covered with copper as well as the 110 00:09:00,100 --> 00:09:02,860 Something in something they do. I'm sorry. I couldn't read it 111 00:09:02,860 --> 00:09:07,780 I thought I was gonna be able to read it as well as the rabbit it shuts into maybe some 112 00:09:08,340 --> 00:09:11,660 Sort of time we don't understand. Yeah, I 113 00:09:12,340 --> 00:09:17,020 Couldn't walls of the tower to be well pointed and whitewashed twice over 114 00:09:18,100 --> 00:09:21,740 outside and inside laid a deke of soap 115 00:09:22,860 --> 00:09:24,860 Stan soapstone 116 00:09:24,860 --> 00:09:32,500 So he's gone. I wonder if there's any typos. That's a deck. Oh, ah 117 00:09:33,020 --> 00:09:37,180 Damn it. Good work, or if a deke is a word. I don't know from the year 1826 118 00:09:37,180 --> 00:09:41,700 I think deck is probably right. We don't need to sit here and try and decide pretty cool though. Sorry. Yeah, it is very cool 119 00:09:41,700 --> 00:09:45,340 I got that from the US LHS as per usual as usual 120 00:09:45,340 --> 00:09:54,540 So construction was completed in November of the next year $500 under budget and fixed white light went into service 121 00:09:54,900 --> 00:10:01,060 But unfortunately this tower only lasted eight years before they needed a new one and they put the reasoning 122 00:10:01,940 --> 00:10:07,500 That salt water had somehow gotten into the mortar before it was applied to the lighthouse 123 00:10:07,540 --> 00:10:12,820 Yeah, and so it just kind of crumbled. Did we talk about this before with a different lighthouse? 124 00:10:12,820 --> 00:10:18,100 I bet I think we're all of the towers we've covered so far that have been rubble stone have not 125 00:10:19,020 --> 00:10:26,260 For very long. There's another I can't tell you all the details, but there's more construction of lighthouses that I'm doing research on 126 00:10:26,260 --> 00:10:28,260 oh, yeah in the past and 127 00:10:29,020 --> 00:10:34,660 Talking about sea water in the concrete will be something that comes up again for the cement. I guess okay interesting 128 00:10:34,660 --> 00:10:36,660 Yeah, we might have talked about it before but 129 00:10:36,860 --> 00:10:38,140 So they build a new tower 130 00:10:38,140 --> 00:10:45,420 It was conical granite white and a little bit like ochre coke s is what I kind of think of when I look at white and chubby 131 00:10:45,540 --> 00:10:47,900 Yeah, like lumpy American 132 00:10:48,860 --> 00:10:52,620 Affectionately we say lumpy but it's 30 feet to the lantern deck 133 00:10:52,620 --> 00:10:54,940 I think I read that it was 38 feet total 134 00:10:54,940 --> 00:10:55,420 Okay 135 00:10:55,420 --> 00:11:03,420 And had an octagonal lantern room and current the current keeper Dunham said a better tower and the lantern never was built in 136 00:11:03,420 --> 00:11:08,060 This state and then he also said also the lamps reflectors and apparatus is according to contract. Oh 137 00:11:10,660 --> 00:11:17,780 Why even meant why even throw he's like this is the best tower of all time and also the lamps are fine 138 00:11:18,060 --> 00:11:20,060 The lamps are you know? 139 00:11:20,580 --> 00:11:23,480 Above and beyond I guess so here's a here's an old photo 140 00:11:23,480 --> 00:11:28,300 I didn't read a lot about anything other than chickens being raised on this land 141 00:11:28,300 --> 00:11:36,600 Mmm, but I'll mention later that it was very fertile soil. So, okay. There's a lot of a lot of vegetable and farming going on here 142 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:40,260 That's a little property. Yeah, and this actually is a picture of the keepers cottage 143 00:11:40,860 --> 00:11:45,300 Before they painted it. I think they painted in 1875 to be white, which is what it is today 144 00:11:45,540 --> 00:11:47,900 But was that brick probably? Mm-hmm 145 00:11:47,900 --> 00:11:51,020 so keeper Dunham was the first keeper of this lighthouse and 146 00:11:51,580 --> 00:11:57,460 Served at Pembroke point for an a decade before he went back to farming which is what he was doing before this 147 00:11:57,460 --> 00:12:03,380 his sixth child Benjamin Franklin Dunham was born in the station and 148 00:12:04,300 --> 00:12:09,460 When his father died shortly after the new tower was constructed and he died inside the station 149 00:12:09,460 --> 00:12:13,280 So I don't really have the details on duty. Yeah. Well, he was his dad 150 00:12:13,980 --> 00:12:18,980 Keepers dad so I don't know if he went there for like care or if he was just like visiting and something happened 151 00:12:18,980 --> 00:12:27,380 But he was buried in a small cemetery near the light and by looking at the Dunham family history newsletter. I 152 00:12:27,740 --> 00:12:32,820 Found out that it was called Curtis Cemetery and I can't find it on Google Maps, but I'm gonna trust them 153 00:12:32,860 --> 00:12:38,380 They probably know what they're talking about probably on the property or says it's close close. So I don't know 154 00:12:38,740 --> 00:12:42,020 Well back then close was really close. Yeah like in the backyard 155 00:12:42,020 --> 00:12:49,540 So keeper Dunham was mentioned a lot because he first of all was the first keeper here for a whole decade and 156 00:12:50,100 --> 00:12:56,620 also because he patented a way to keep the whale's oil in the lamp from coagulating or 157 00:12:57,140 --> 00:12:59,140 congealing in the winter and 158 00:12:59,740 --> 00:13:04,700 Congress ordered the Treasury to start implementing it in lighthouses 159 00:13:04,700 --> 00:13:10,340 Oh cool, but we don't really know exactly how much it was adopted or even what his patent 160 00:13:10,340 --> 00:13:15,140 Was really like yeah, it's like you can't find it. You know that it happened, but can't find the history of 161 00:13:15,780 --> 00:13:19,820 I've seen several sources that say there's no record of 162 00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:26,620 How well it was implemented and then another one was like we don't know what it was interesting. Yeah. Yeah, I mean 163 00:13:27,620 --> 00:13:32,580 Yeah patents have a pretty good history. I know there's so many records that was what kind of oil 164 00:13:32,900 --> 00:13:36,340 Whales oil in this lighthouse. I wonder if that's why it didn't matter 165 00:13:36,340 --> 00:13:40,460 It's because it changed the fuel source changed. Yeah, that's true. I 166 00:13:41,060 --> 00:13:42,060 don't know the whole history of that 167 00:13:42,060 --> 00:13:47,940 Like maybe they found that if it wasn't whales oil if it was something else some other kind of oil 168 00:13:47,940 --> 00:13:52,340 It didn't work as well or wasn't necessary or something. Yeah. Yeah, cuz whales oil 169 00:13:52,860 --> 00:13:58,740 Was kind of dropped off pretty quick. Wasn't it? I don't know the history. I think so 170 00:13:58,740 --> 00:14:01,260 I'll have to do that again. I covered kerosene 171 00:14:01,260 --> 00:14:06,260 Yeah, I covered beacons in like my second episode 172 00:14:07,060 --> 00:14:08,060 But 173 00:14:08,060 --> 00:14:12,940 I was a long time ago. Yeah, I know there's been several fuel oils. Yeah of different types 174 00:14:13,820 --> 00:14:20,300 Isaac who was keeper Dunham also built barns on the property. I'm not sure if they're still there 175 00:14:20,300 --> 00:14:22,420 I didn't see them in the picture 176 00:14:22,420 --> 00:14:26,860 So I'm not really sure but he built barns and kept chickens and grew vegetables and everything 177 00:14:26,860 --> 00:14:32,220 He was actually paid by the next keeper one thousand one hundred dollars for the buildings. He built as 178 00:14:33,020 --> 00:14:35,020 as keeper so it was like 179 00:14:35,420 --> 00:14:40,380 Was he gonna tear them down or maybe the other the new keeper was 180 00:14:40,900 --> 00:14:45,460 Grateful and so he paid him like I'm paying for extra buildings 181 00:14:45,460 --> 00:14:46,460 Sounds like a lot of money 182 00:14:46,460 --> 00:14:51,020 Yeah, I know eleven hundred dollars in like the mid 1800s is 183 00:14:51,660 --> 00:14:55,660 It's weird for an individual to buy a lot of money 184 00:14:55,660 --> 00:14:59,220 An individual with the keeper to take responsibility and build these things 185 00:14:59,260 --> 00:15:04,580 Yeah, when it's a government job, right? Yeah, but I mean government property. I 186 00:15:05,140 --> 00:15:11,020 Feel like keepers aren't often. Well, gosh, I don't know. I'm gonna say it's not like they're fired often, but they are 187 00:15:11,660 --> 00:15:18,000 You know placed somewhere else often and later in history, you know talking about some of the readings 188 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:20,000 I did for the West Coast Lighthouse Board 189 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:25,040 Lighthouse establishment, I guess the board was writing some of those letters 190 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:29,680 Yeah, and how they were, you know under inspection and it was like a military 191 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:34,960 Placement you you shall sell the ox for at least $100 and send 192 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:40,120 Handling yeah, no, like, you know do whatever you want to do, you know 193 00:15:40,120 --> 00:15:45,600 Well, if it benefited them although they didn't get the money so that's I'm saying 194 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:52,000 It's government property, but you're building your own barn on it and then it's sold to another man who's taking the job 195 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:58,680 I don't know. Yeah, I never I think about that. There's probably more to it. Yeah, I bet secrets secrets 196 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:01,760 He returned to farming in 197 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,280 1836 but returned three years later to be the first keeper of 198 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:12,000 Nosset light. Oh nice. Yeah when it was still three sisters. Very cool done them 199 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,040 Is it done them? I don't know 200 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:22,000 There's Jeff Dunham is the comedian it's pronounced Dunham. I'm pretty sure you could be right then 201 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:26,000 It's like Eastham and Chatham and all these towns 202 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:32,000 I know but like I said one of them was not pronounced that way East Ham or maybe 203 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 Chatham 204 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,000 We'll find out I know 205 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,000 I'm excited 206 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:44,000 1857 the light gained a fourth order for now lens and it was actually after 207 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:47,000 It's a little picture of it still in action today 208 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:52,000 It was after some guy who was notorious for 209 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,000 crapping on 210 00:16:55,000 --> 00:17:01,000 Inspection reports. He just came and was just like everything sucks here. This this is you know, he was really picky 211 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:07,000 Yeah, he came and said a lot of nice things about the lighthouse, but then I didn't make any notes about this 212 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:13,000 I don't know why I didn't he said the purpose of the lighthouse was like obsolete. It was like, why do we have this? 213 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:18,000 He and he never said to take it out of commission, but he was like I would recommend 214 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:23,000 moving it from ten reflectors to one like 215 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:28,000 He was like this thing. I know it looks great, but I don't know why it's here 216 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:34,000 So that's weird. Yeah, and then they gave it a fourth order lens. So they upped it in candle power 217 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:41,000 I don't do was there any way that because I haven't read this I have to ask. Yeah, you might have read it like 218 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:48,000 Interpreted it to where he's saying the ten reflectors is not necessary 219 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:54,000 It needs to be one of larger magnitude or no see he was saying there was a new lighthouse that was built nearby 220 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:58,000 You couldn't really see this light until you had gotten a certain point 221 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:02,000 I know around the land and he was just basically saying I 222 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:07,000 Don't know why we have this and then after that it was interpreted for me. It was kind of like 223 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:13,000 Instead of suggesting that they get rid of the light they say he said we should lower the candle power 224 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:18,000 If you're gonna keep it and then someone said nah, I said actually 225 00:18:18,000 --> 00:18:22,000 Increase it more power double it and give it to the next guy 226 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:28,000 So that's how we ended up with our fourth order lens. I complain still working today 227 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:33,000 So keeper Dunham was one of the like very few head keepers 228 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:39,000 That were at this lighthouse and that was because like I mentioned it had very fertile soil. So it was great for 229 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:47,000 Home live. I mean people brought their families here and then wanted to settle down like they weren't looking to go somewhere else 230 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,000 This was like a great place to have a family. Yeah 231 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:54,000 grow crops and have livestock and everything I read that the 232 00:18:54,000 --> 00:19:01,000 The people who worked on the lighthouse tenders hated this station because there was nowhere to dock a lighthouse tender 233 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:09,000 And so they'd have to pull up somewhere and like carry all the supplies that were to be delivered to the lighthouse from down below 234 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,000 I mean surrounded by this very strange sloping cliff 235 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:19,000 Yeah, but what are you gonna how you gonna build a stair or a ramp into that cliff? Yeah, and then a dock at the bottom 236 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:26,000 Yeah, and normal cliffs they wouldn't use a crane or whatever. It's called Derek. Yeah to pull stuff up and they can't do that 237 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:33,000 Cuz it's so sloped you'd be dragging. I feel like they should have built one of those like the tramways that we talked about in split rock 238 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,000 Yeah 239 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 It's still be 240 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:42,000 It's still be costly and difficult even if you're talking about a pier way like a pier way 241 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Yeah, a pier or so about a boat is gonna dock. Oh my gosh 242 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:49,000 My English is broken. You know have your coffee my back is gonna dock 243 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:53,000 But you have to have those peers go into the 244 00:19:55,000 --> 00:20:01,000 Sea floor and if that rock keeps going. Yeah, good luck. Yeah, that's funny though lighthouse tenders 245 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:05,000 I don't know that we've talked a lot about lighthouse tenders having opinions 246 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,000 Yeah, it was one of the few times that I've actually seen commentary about it 247 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:14,000 It must have been pretty widespread that people are like, oh no, we're delivering to Pemiqua it sucks 248 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,000 sucks 249 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:22,000 1897 a brick engine house was built for a new fog bell which replaced the small one that had to be rung by hand 250 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:28,000 So it's supposed to be like a night. It was like a steam-powered striking mechanism, but it had to have been 251 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:33,000 Problematic in some way because it was only two years later that they built 252 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:40,000 The fog bell tower that we have today which was run by weights, which is you know that like white pyramid 253 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,000 That was at the front. Yeah that housed 254 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:44,000 the 255 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:49,000 Clockwork the weights that went up and down for the boat and I actually found a picture of it in my main 256 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:54,000 Lighthouses documentation of their past by Jay Candice Clifford and Mary Lewis Clifford cool 257 00:20:54,000 --> 00:21:00,000 This is what the book that I got from the United States Lighthouse Society. What's the US LHS? 258 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:05,000 Listen to our last episode episode 45. Thanks. I'll just show you a little picture 259 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:09,000 They have a diagram that was donated from the US Coast Guard 260 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:14,000 I think but a picture of how the whole fog bell tower was built 261 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:20,000 Wow, so there's a wow a hand-drawn sketch plans for a fog bell tower to be built on 262 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:27,000 Pemaquick Pemaquid Pemaquid point drawings courtesy of US Coast Guard as an engineer 263 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:30,000 I'm very intrigued by this. Isn't it the weirdest setup like 264 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:35,000 It's the bell is outside unprotected. Yes 265 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:40,000 Which is kind of surprising and then there's but you can't like the sound won't travel unless you have it 266 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:45,000 It's facing the water. There's a dugout gutter 267 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:50,000 Called out below the building and then this tower 268 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:55,000 We've talked about has all this bracing and the weight is on a pulley system 269 00:21:55,000 --> 00:22:00,000 So I assume you pull it up you load it if you will. Yes, and then it would fall wind the mechanism and 270 00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:06,000 I'm missing some component of rotation that would go strike the bell or maybe the bell would move back and forth. Oh 271 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:13,000 I don't know what it's called the hammer one ball on the inside. I think it was supposed to be a striking. It's that 272 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:19,000 It's like a mallet. Yeah, but I don't think it shows how the pulley system 273 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:24,000 It's like a sledge hammer back and hits it. I'd be fascinated. I like mechanical. We should look it up. I think 274 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,000 That's probably something we should cover 275 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:33,000 But yeah, this is really cool image. I think it's that it struck every 10 seconds when it was wound 276 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:37,000 I don't know how often it needed to be wound up, but pretty cool. That is cool 277 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:42,000 Man the the work that people had to do to do something like that 278 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:48,000 I know that is wild to me. It would be crazy and like them just building it and be like, all right 279 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,000 Here's how you operate it and it's like, okay 280 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,000 I can't ask anybody else about this 281 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:58,000 You know, like you wouldn't be able to call some toll-free number and be like I'm having a problem with my belt tower 282 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,000 Send it back to Amazon 283 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:07,000 So, yeah, that's the house that we see today and I'm going to be talking about it a little bit later as well 284 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:15,000 Somewhere around this time. They added brick veneer to the inside of the light tower. I don't know what brick veneer is 285 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:20,000 Well veneer in general is like a case. Oh, yeah 286 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:25,000 It's a it's a thin layer that covers. Okay, so it's often used to make them look nicer 287 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:30,000 It's not structural usually okay. It's like teeth veneers veneer teeth 288 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:37,000 But why would they in veneer teeth are a layer over your teeth? Yeah, that's really an aesthetic 289 00:23:38,000 --> 00:23:41,000 Yeah, yeah, so how would they I? 290 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:44,000 Mean you can do like cheap home renovation 291 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:51,000 Backsplash veneer was it really just like for looking nice or maybe it was deteriorating as a way to see what covered it 292 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:54,000 Yeah, kind of air quotes waterproof it again. I don't know 293 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,000 I didn't look too deep into it, but at the same time they also added a cast-iron spiral staircase 294 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:04,000 So that's pretty cool and these were restored in 2010. They did a big restoration. So this is when 295 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:09,000 They did the veneer and start no that was sometime around like 296 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:13,000 Almost 1900. Okay, but that that 297 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,000 Cast iron is still there. Yeah, that's really cool 298 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:24,000 That's another thing to learn more about because that's in a lot of lighthouse towers these cast iron stair treads and 299 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:30,000 Handrails and stuff. Yeah for some reason that's fascinating because I would love to know who built them 300 00:24:30,000 --> 00:24:32,000 Like where did you order? 301 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:36,000 You had to order the stairs from because they're pretty intricate usually they're not very well built 302 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:42,000 I had to order the stairs from because they're pretty intricate. Usually they're not just like yeah pieces of cast iron 303 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:45,000 They're like they're nice. Yeah. Well remember keep disappointment 304 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:53,500 The Oriole the ship that wrecked the Oriole had like several lantern rooms and all of the cast iron in it 305 00:24:53,500 --> 00:24:58,800 Oh stair towers and railings and stuff boom just in the ocean and it had come 306 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,120 I love Cape disappointments over on the west coast for you 307 00:25:02,120 --> 00:25:08,600 We don't know and I think all of that had come from Boston or somewhere up Northeast. So it had come all the way around 308 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,800 Oh, yeah, I'm saying that wrecked 309 00:25:12,120 --> 00:25:14,500 Tragic order all new irons again. Oh 310 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:20,160 Just had to have been so there's nothing to do about it. It's just awful 311 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:26,860 So Pimaquod point was one of the first lighthouses in Maine to transition to automatic and this was in 312 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:30,880 1934 so before the Coast Guard even took over 313 00:25:30,880 --> 00:25:38,120 Which is like really early. They don't there's not a light a lighthouse is mentioned that go fully automatic interesting 314 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:44,420 Yeah, that's really good. Yeah, and it was around this time also that the light was switched to a flashing white and I couldn't find the 315 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:46,640 exact date for that unless I'm misinterpreting 316 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,280 the US LHS light list I think 317 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,860 Yeah, I don't know. I'm pretty sure it was around the same time 318 00:25:54,860 --> 00:26:02,680 Okay, then it went flashing a few years after that actually a year after the Coast Guard took over Bristol residents voted to purchase the station 319 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:05,080 besides the light which remained with the Coast Guard and 320 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:07,600 paid the government 321 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,320 $1,639 over a period of four years that they could own it and 322 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:15,840 Then it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 323 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:19,480 1985 and I actually I found a picture of the 324 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:24,040 The application for that and it's just a lot simpler than I 325 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:29,880 Expected it to be for some reason, you know, there's not really much to it. Yeah, it's a nice little form. Yeah, I 326 00:26:30,520 --> 00:26:34,400 It's stamped received February 2nd or 22nd 327 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:40,920 Yeah, and then April 16th was when it was entered as a national as I like a historic places protection thing 328 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:46,560 I thought about this. I don't mean to take anything away from Pemmaquid Pemmaquid. Yeah, that sounds wrong to me 329 00:26:46,560 --> 00:26:49,840 I'm reading it on screen. I look it up and it says Pemmaquid 330 00:26:49,840 --> 00:26:56,960 So not taking anything away from Pemmaquid point, but there are there's gonna be so many dang places including lighthouses 331 00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:01,040 on the National Register of Historic Places and 332 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:05,840 I did wonder how that how that works and what it means for protection and for 333 00:27:06,360 --> 00:27:09,440 Yeah, renovation and things because every lighthouse that we 334 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:13,640 We mentioned it. This is a national historic place like wow 335 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:18,320 Just like and this is when it was added, you know, it's like it's sort of a gift 336 00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:23,000 It is yeah lighthouses to be added like to go a step further than that is whenever you get 337 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,560 Gosh, what is it called like preservation? 338 00:27:27,760 --> 00:27:33,640 It's a landmark something national historic landmark. Okay, that's like the special one 339 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:38,640 When most places are already in ash like registered places 340 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:44,360 Yes, then it goes a step further by being a national historic landmark. I mean, I think that's the one where 341 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:47,760 You're like one of the big dogs. Hmm 342 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:55,760 Interesting. Anyway, that is cool. The tower itself was licensed to the American Lighthouse Foundation in 343 00:27:56,360 --> 00:28:03,680 2000 so the Coast Guard licensed it to this foundation after the 2000 was like some kind of it's like main lighthouse 344 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:06,680 Law or something that was passed 345 00:28:06,680 --> 00:28:11,200 I can't remember exactly what it was, but they had a couple of restorations over the years in 346 00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:16,840 2007 for the exterior and 2010 for some of the internal components, which I talked about earlier 347 00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:24,040 But in 2007 they found a hidden window while we doing the exterior and I couldn't find a picture online 348 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:26,200 But they said it was wild well documented 349 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:31,880 They said the Masons noticed the granite work closing the window was of poorer quality than the original work 350 00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:37,840 Meaning that it was done later for some unknown reason so they just recovered it back up whenever they did the restoration 351 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:39,320 the 352 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,880 Uncovered the window uncovered it found it and then recovered it 353 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:50,680 Like we're doing all the work they're like well, they're like we don't there's probably good reason for this bad vibes 354 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:53,560 It's a haunted window 355 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:59,040 So covered it back up and I couldn't find a photo. I'm sure if I sent some emails, I'd be able to hunt one down 356 00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:04,640 I wonder if it's like a little port window or something. I don't know it didn't specify if it was 357 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:10,520 Identical to other windows and like you know a lot of times they covered up windows that were 358 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,440 Sea-facing that would get hit with like waves and bad weather and would break all the time 359 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,320 So then they would just be like, okay, just cut we don't need it. Just cover it up. Yeah 360 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:20,320 So maybe it was something like that 361 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,600 Interesting, I think they said it was an east-facing east-facing window 362 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:27,200 So a Pemacood points still running today white flash every summer 363 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:32,680 points still running today white flash every six seconds from their fourth order lens still up there and 364 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:40,760 It's featured on the state quarter. No way. Yeah main quarter has Pemacood point on it. Wow, that's cool 365 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:44,040 Isn't that awesome? I've never seen that before. I know now 366 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:49,560 I really want one and I feel like I've seen it before but before I became lighthouse Correza 367 00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:54,800 If I wouldn't really pay attention, I'm gonna be looking through all my quarters now trying to find Pemacood 368 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:58,120 Well, they did a good job actually. Yeah, it looks great. It looks 369 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:00,640 very real 370 00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:03,360 Realistic and accurate the fence is right. Of course 371 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:07,680 They always do a really good job on the quarters with detail. I didn't know that 372 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:13,040 Yeah, if you look at a quarter, they're always like even the eagle on like the normal one is really nice 373 00:30:13,040 --> 00:30:18,640 Well, but I mean this is not only is this highly featured, but it's accurate. Look at the stones variations. Oh 374 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,200 They're missing the 375 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:25,120 pyramid column on the fog house I 376 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:29,960 Can't believe it absolutely 377 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,640 Someone had to fight to the death to get that picket fence, right? 378 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:38,440 And then the stone work they had to like I cannot believe they put the quarter making mint 379 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,400 Little evergreen tree 380 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:51,800 Yeah, they went all out but that's really neat and birds and everything 1820 pretty cool 381 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:54,200 I gotta keep my eye out now for one of those quarters 382 00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:58,840 So back to the reason why I kept seeing this lighthouse all over my feet 383 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:03,400 This is like another current event thing January 10th of this year 2024 384 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,240 For lighthouses, yeah, maybe a little 385 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:12,040 A huge storm hit the coast of Maine. I don't know if you heard anything about it 386 00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:18,400 I think just because I follow a lot of lighthouses is on Instagram. I saw a bunch of it 387 00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:25,120 But there's 79 mile-per-hour winds and a storm surge of up to five feet on top of an already historically high 388 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:32,640 high tide so it was like a new moon or something and they're like, oh we have got really really 389 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:39,680 Strange high tides and then they found out there was gonna be a big storm hitting and they're like, oh boy 390 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,560 There's gonna be some serious flooding. Yeah, I'll show you on this graph, but 391 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:47,800 They were supposed to be flooding even with just the high tide 392 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:53,800 Like the tide was so high that it was gonna be flooding and then you add a five foot storm surge and suddenly everything is flooded 393 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:57,480 Five feet is a lot of water elevation. Yeah, here's a picture 394 00:31:58,000 --> 00:31:59,000 shows 395 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:03,760 Areas of minor flooding moderate and major flooding the blue is what they predicted 396 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:08,000 This high tide was going to be so you can see some of them are already in minor flooding area 397 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:15,360 Then the red is where they had after the storm. So it was really really bad news for oh, these are days 398 00:32:15,360 --> 00:32:16,880 Oh, no 399 00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:18,080 because 400 00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:24,520 After that there was a storm January 10th January 13th a storm of very similar intensity hit 401 00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,520 Back to back like right after that they got two storms 402 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:34,000 So a lot of lighthouses took damage and they did this whole I might have okay in on that 403 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:38,240 It was a huge deal they did I mean there's still so much work and cleanup and 404 00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:42,160 Restorations to be done because of these back back storms 405 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:48,840 But awful because of the combination of high winds and the crazy tide that there was these ginormous waves hitting 406 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:56,040 Areas that weren't well equipped for getting hit with waves because normally the water is not up that high and that included a Pimaquid 407 00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:58,360 point lighthouse which 408 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:04,200 Is far up enough that maybe they don't get as much of this like crazy weather when there are storms 409 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:09,640 So the tower itself were made unscathed, but the fogbell house was severely damaged. I got a picture 410 00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:15,880 It's like half of its walls are missing. Oh my gosh. No, isn't that awful? That's terrible 411 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:19,800 I bet there's rocks and all sorts shingles torn up. They have really 412 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:26,440 They have pictures of from the back. You can see just the sunlight coming through. It's really wild. That's crazy 413 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,440 There's two of the four walls are gone 414 00:33:29,080 --> 00:33:35,080 You can even see damage to the keepers house in the back parts of the slating side like the siding is gone 415 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:38,440 That is epic. Yeah, it's took some serious damage 416 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:44,040 Luckily the bell the one that was forged in 1840s was not damaged 417 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:50,120 You can see where it would be hanging up at the front of the lighthouse or the yeah fog tower wasn't damaged because they 418 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:54,360 Removed it because the wood was rotting. Okay, so they removed it early 419 00:33:54,360 --> 00:34:00,040 In the year in August I think and so it didn't it wasn't like a subject of damage for the storm 420 00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:03,960 Is that the bell there inside? That's I think either a replica or 421 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:11,720 I assume today. This is used for an exhibit. Yeah, you can go in and look at it. I mean not currently. Yeah, man 422 00:34:11,720 --> 00:34:15,720 That sucks. Yeah, so this was January 10th when this happened and they knew three days later 423 00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:18,440 They were gonna get another storm. So they were like we're going to be 424 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:21,160 hauling ass trying to get this 425 00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:26,440 Protected so that it's like not just open getting hit with the same kind of storm 426 00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:32,040 It's still there after the 13th storm. So someone in a coat there. Oh, yeah 427 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:36,920 Is it a little bit of scale? They sent a lot of people out. Yeah a lot of assessments 428 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:38,680 I actually have a picture of it 429 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:44,840 They did a damage assessment by helicopter because of a lot of lighthouses in Maine are like out on islands or like on 430 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:48,280 Points and stuff that are not very accessible. So they sent 431 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:53,160 And I have the track of the helicopter went to each lighthouse and like circled it taking 432 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,000 Photos and like figuring out how extensive the damage was 433 00:34:57,880 --> 00:35:02,920 So they can kind of get a plan for how they're going to start restoring all of the lighthouses. It is so it's like 434 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:09,720 23 lighthouses they checked on and i'm pretty sure nearly all of them have taken damage 435 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:15,880 Some some degree or another and the us lhs made a video along with the american lighthouse 436 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:19,640 Foundation, I think they teamed up and made a video that was just kind of showing like 437 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:22,440 We need your help things 438 00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:28,520 Like this was really bad for lighthouses and like we're losing history. Yeah, we have to protect it 439 00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:30,040 We need to raise money 440 00:35:30,040 --> 00:35:33,960 So, um, I have the link to that video and i'm gonna put it in the show notes 441 00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:38,040 Okay, you and I can watch it if you want to but yeah, it's really sad lighthouses 442 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:43,000 Man in the state that we're in they all they already need support just like 443 00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:49,640 Maintain let alone, you know facing storms and events like this. Yeah, that is uh, really unfortunate 444 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,240 It's awful and there's nothing you can really do about it. I mean, it's not 445 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:58,840 Because of negligence or anything. It's just being so close to the water. Sometimes freak 446 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:01,000 storms happen and 447 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:06,200 Well, it's the it's in some way. It's a sense of respect for lighthouses and yeah in the historical role 448 00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:07,960 because 449 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:09,960 Maybe not a storm like that, but 450 00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:13,480 Maybe you know you'd lose a couple ships of people 451 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:16,120 To 452 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:21,880 Accidents if they didn't know if they didn't have use of a lighthouse. Yeah throughout, you know all of history 453 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:23,880 That's a very broad statement 454 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:29,720 Yeah, they're they're not in very protected places usually. Yeah, so this is the helicopter 455 00:36:29,720 --> 00:36:33,880 Yeah, this is a picture of the helicopter route and um, pemicoid point is on there 456 00:36:34,120 --> 00:36:36,600 But there's all I mean all over the place 457 00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:40,120 Especially all these that are really far out and if they didn't do this 458 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:44,200 You would only hear from word of mouth from the keepers or whoever goes out there to check 459 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:48,040 What was the damage that was done to this light all the way out? 460 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:54,280 You know mount desert rock like what happened out there. I don't know. We're gonna have to go check so it went to 23 lights 461 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:56,580 total distance of 462 00:36:56,580 --> 00:36:58,580 242.58 miles 463 00:36:59,080 --> 00:37:04,040 That's crazy. That's cool. They did that watch the video after this that shows all the lights 464 00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:10,200 Watch the video after this that shows all the pictures taken of I think it's like a three and a half minute video 465 00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:15,080 Yeah, okay. Yeah, that's how I knew about pemicoid point and why I decided to cover it's because really 466 00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:20,600 This it didn't number on main lighthouses this storm the series of storms 467 00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:24,480 So they're pretty desperate to start raising money 468 00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:30,520 I think they're doing an official disaster assessment to see like what the damage is besides lighthouses 469 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:35,640 You know like the government's doing a disaster assessment so then we can find out more about what it's gonna take to 470 00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,400 Fix everything and rebuild because I know even in some places there's I mean 471 00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:45,560 There's a lot of history that was lost in this storm like boathouses historical boathouses and like some fishing shacks 472 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:51,000 I heard there was only three left in this town and there used to be a bunch but like one by one they've just been 473 00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:56,200 Knocked out in this storm took out all three so they didn't have no more of these fish fishing shacks that were 474 00:37:56,200 --> 00:38:02,680 Like they said there was a lot of revenue brought to the city because people would get married here and take pictures in front of them 475 00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:07,280 Like for their wedding party and stuff. I'm like, oh my god, and there's nothing you can do to take it back 476 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:12,240 You just it's like okay. I guess that's over. Let's see rebuild them, but it's not the same 477 00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:15,760 Yeah, there's something different about that preservation versus 478 00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:23,720 Replica. Yeah, it's a sad note, but that's pemicoid point lighthouse. Yeah. Well, I'm glad it's still there and yes that is 479 00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:28,080 Yeah, the lighthouse itself. Sorry. No, you're good. I'm gonna talk now 480 00:38:29,200 --> 00:38:31,320 The lighthouse itself in that photo 481 00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:36,400 Didn't look too damaged no compared to the fog stayed stays 482 00:38:37,240 --> 00:38:43,080 Yeah, I think most of the damage that they wrote they found and recorded were not to lighthouse towers 483 00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:46,120 There's some but not like it's no towers 484 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:49,200 Unsalvageable or anything no legs missing. Yeah 485 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:53,000 They've seen worse. Well the Atlantic Ocean. It's one of those big ones 486 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:57,840 One of the big ones. Things like this happen. Well, cool good coverage. Yeah, thank you 487 00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:02,200 I know our two of our close friends who may be on this podcast at some point 488 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:07,680 Visited Maine and oh Alan talked to me about going up there 489 00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:12,880 He really liked it and you and I looked at the Acadia National Park recently when I was looking around 490 00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:17,760 Yeah, it looks beautiful that whole area. I would love to go to Maine. That'd be so much fun 491 00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:24,280 Yep, let's uh, I'll probably talk about it in our lighthouse tourism, which may or may not be an upcoming episode 492 00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:29,440 Excellent. I'm very excited. I guess I don't have anything to add on top of that. We're 493 00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:33,920 Check out of our check out our Instagram. We got some cool pictures on there 494 00:39:33,920 --> 00:39:40,320 We got a YouTube where you can watch as we talk through everything in the episode visually, which is kind of nice 495 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:42,320 I don't know. You got anything dad? No 496 00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:45,440 YouTube is my my thing. I don't know 497 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:51,880 YouTube is my my thing. I spend most my time on and I really appreciate everybody that's checking us out there 498 00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:54,000 Yeah, that's all I ask it. Just check it out 499 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:58,040 Yeah, we we put a lot of hours into this show. So I appreciate it 500 00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:01,440 and then the other thing I I do is linkedin and 501 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:05,640 So far I haven't really done anything with LinkedIn 502 00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:09,240 But you know someone reached out to us recently on YouTube 503 00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:16,920 They made a comment and said hey, you know, I was actually a part of I'm gonna misquote her but forgive me 504 00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:19,120 She was a part of she's the brother light 505 00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:24,480 Yeah, she's a keeper at East brother light station during the kovat times and they lost power for 506 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:31,640 Months. Yeah. Yeah, she had to deal with some stuff. So she I asked that she reach out to our email to talk to us 507 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:38,040 But I also looked her up on LinkedIn and it's fun because it's like that's my idea with LinkedIn 508 00:40:38,040 --> 00:40:43,120 Is that it's gonna be a way that we can be professional in approaching people in the lighthouse community 509 00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:47,040 rather than you know me on Facebook or via 510 00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:52,760 Email just a random guy on an email. I can say well, this is what we do. Here's our little profile and 511 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:59,920 Either way, so it's been fun to to have that and there's about 300 people that are following us on LinkedIn 512 00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:06,480 And aside from the professional stuff, it's always nice whenever listeners just message us on Instagram like send us a DM 513 00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:13,440 For anything at all or you can send us an email the lighthouse lowdown at gmail.com or you can go to our website 514 00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:19,200 There's a way for you to leave notes there that'll go straight to our emails or you can leave a voicemail, which is always fun 515 00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,200 We've gotten a couple of those now 516 00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:27,800 Yeah, we love to get messages from people we get a lot of fun stuff and hate since we're going to Cape Cod 517 00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:36,600 If you have any suggestions for places we could go look, please do let us know. I'm kind of I'm overrunning our trip with stamps 518 00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:42,440 US LHS passport stamps. We'll talk about it. I think I think I'm pretty sure pretty certain 519 00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:48,280 We're I'm gonna cover lighthouse tourism as an episode. You think we'll cover how we're preparing for our Cape Cod trip 520 00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:55,860 Yeah, and we'll probably ask for some more input at that time. Yeah, so so we're super excited. We can't wait to go 521 00:41:55,860 --> 00:42:00,740 Yeah, thanks for joining. We hope everyone had a great time and come back to us again soon