The Lighthouse Lowdown

Episode 92 - Newport Harbor Lighthouse

Also known locally as Goat Island Lighthouse, Newport Harbor Lighthouse was extended out onto a breakwater with its original tower being used in Prudence Island. The lighthouse and its city go all out for the holidays! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Lighthouse Lowdown! We will be back in 2026. References: 1. The Cutters, Boats, and Aircraft of the US Coast Guard [https://www.cusnc.navy.mil/Portals/17/Task%20Forces/CG_Cutters-Boats-Aircraft_2015-2016_.pdf?ver=2018-06-18-074838-497] 2. Newport Harbor Lighthouse Christmas Lighting Event [https://www.newportharborisland.com/events/lighting-of-the-lighthouse/] 3. Newport Harbor Lighthouse | Lighthouse Friends [https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=399] 4. Keeper's Log Spring 2016 | USLHS [https://uslhs.org/sites/default/files/articles_pdf/NewportHarborLightStation_RhodeIsland-KeepersLog-Spring2016.pdf]

Episode 91 - Green Island Lighthouse, Wisconsin

We are continuing our Green Island series with this Wisconsin gem, which had survived two explosions and a devastating forest fire, but ultimately succumbed to time. Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com [http://thelighthouselowdown.com] References: 1. Doomsday List | Lighthouse Digest [https://www.lighthousedigest.com/digest/StoryPage.cfm?StoryKey=3468] 2. Green Island Lighthouse | Lighthouse Friends [http://lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=632] 3. Private Islands Inc. [https://www.privateislandsonline.com/united-states/wisconsin/green-island]

Episode 90 - Green Island Lighthouse, Ohio

We are starting a fun series with the Green Island Lighthouses of the world, starting with Ohio! It's not often you hear of a lighthouse that burns down twice, and unfortunately this history has put our light on the Lighthouse Digest Doomsday List. Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com [http://thelighthouselowdown.com] References: 1. Green Island Lighthouse | Lighthouse Friends [https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=275] 2. Green Island Light Station | USLHS Archives [https://archives.uslhs.org/places/green-island-oh]

Episode 89 - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank November 10th, 1975. Gordon Lightfoot's song brought it to posterity in 1976, and we've been talking about it since. Listen in as Vince does a solo-episode about the infamous ship, wreck, and song! Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com [http://thelighthouselowdown.com] References: 1. Gordon Lightfoot – The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Lyrics | Genius Lyrics [https://genius.com/Gordon-lightfoot-the-wreck-of-the-edmund-fitzgerald-lyrics] 2. The Cruelest Month - Edmund Fitzgerald Newsweek, November 24, 1975 | PDF | Water Transport | Violence [https://www.scribd.com/document/85568639/The-Cruelest-Month-Edmund-Fitzgerald-Newsweek-November-24-1975] 3. TIL Gordon Lightfoot was inspired to write "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" when he saw the name misspelled as "Edmond" in Newsweek magazine. He felt the misspelling dishonored the memory of the 29 men who died when the freighter sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975. : r/todayilearned [https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1855c0u/til_gordon_lightfoot_was_inspired_to_write_the/] 4. SS Edmund Fitzgerald - Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Edmund_Fitzgerald] 5. #105 - Marine casualty report : SS Edmund Fitzgerald; sinking in Lake ... - Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015071191467&seq=105&q1=Whitefish+Point+Lighthouse]

Episode 88 - Point Betsie Lighthouse

Like most beachy lighthouses, Point Betsie battled shifting sands for its whole lifetime, now shielded by at least three methods of erosion control to keep the light shining! Point Betsie Lighthouse is a standing testament to what a community can do (whether that's saving a lighthouse, building a road, or saving lives) when they work together. Liked this episode? Leave us a review at thelighthouselowdown.com [http://thelighthouselowdown.com] References: 1. Point Betsie Lighthouse | Lighthouse Friends [https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=199] 2. Friends of Point Betsie Lighthouse [https://pointbetsie.org/] 3. Annual Reports of the Lighthouse Board| National Archives and Records Administration [https://www.archives.gov/files/research/federal-employees/reference-reports/510-lighthouse-board-reports.pdf]