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Light Hearted

Jeremy D"Entremont, U.S. Lighthouse Society

The official podcast of the U.S. Lighthouse Society

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Light Hearted ep 113 – Kate Devlin, Souter...

Light Hearted ·

2021/04/11

Both of the lighthouses featured in this episode are celebrating their 150th anniversaries in 2021. Souter Lighthouse is on the northeast coast of England, in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. A lighthouse was much needed here because of dangerous reefs offshore. When the light went into operation on January 11, 1871, it was one of the first lighthouses in the world to be built specifically to operate using AC electric current. The 77-foot-tall brick lighthouse was designed by James Douglass for

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Light Hearted ep 112 – Children’s book author Angeli...

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2021/04/04

Angeli Perrow Angeli Perrow was born in Rockland on the Maine coast. Her grandfather was a lobsterman and her uncle fished the Grand Banks. As a child, Angeli delighted in exploring the beach with her grandmother, collecting shells and sea glass. She also started writing poems and stories when she was a child. Angeli taught elementary school for 30 years before retiring two years ago. Maine's maritime history has provided material for much of her writing, including four of her

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Light Hearted ep 111 – Patos Island Light, WA; Cape...

Light Hearted ·

2021/03/28

Patos Island is the northernmost of the San Juan Islands in the state of Washington. The 207-acre island is in the Strait of Georgia, just two miles from the Canadian border. A light and fog signal station was established in 1893 on Alden Point, the northwestern tip of the island, and a more substantial lighthouse building was added in 1908. Patos Island Lighthouse, U.S. Lighthouse Society photo. In 2007, the Keepers of the Patos Light was formed to preserve the lighthouse. Edrie and Terri

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Light Hearted special edition: Titanic Memorial...

Light Hearted ·

2021/03/24

Use this player to hear the podcast: The Titanic Memorial Lighthouse stands today near the buildings of the South Street Seaport Museum, at the corner of Fulton and Pearl streets at the southern end of Manhattan. From 1913 to 1968, it was a familiar sight in its location atop the Seaman’s Church Institute, overlooking the East River. The cornerstone for the lighthouse was laid on April 16, 1912, one day after the news of the sinking of the Titanic reached New York. Many prominent New Yorkers

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Light Hearted ep 110 – Ken Morton, Sandy Neck...

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2021/03/21

Sandy Neck is a half-mile wide, six-mile long peninsula on the north side of Cape Cod, marking the entrance to Barnstable Harbor as well as the approach to the small harbor at Yarmouthport. A light station at the eastern tip of Sandy Neck went into service on October 1, 1826. The original lighthouse was replaced in 1857 by the 48-foot brick tower that still stands. Sandy Neck Light Station circa 1859 (National Archives) Barnstable Harbor gradually declined in importance, and shifting sands

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Light Hearted ep 109 – Joe Flemming, Chris Mills;...

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2021/03/14

Use this player to listen to the podcast episode: The brightly striped red and white tower on Sambro Island, near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, is the oldest lighthouse in the Americas. The first act passed by the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, on October 2, 1758, authorized the lighthouse. It was paid for by a tax on vessels entering Halifax Harbour. The station was automated and destaffed in 1988. Of three keepers’ houses built in the 1960s, one was demolished for salvage in 1989 and

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Light Hearted ep 108 – Sarah Jones, Tybee Island...

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2021/03/07

Use this player to listen to the podcast episode: Tybee Island Light Station in 2009. U.S. Lighthouse Society photo by J. Candace Clifford. Tybee Island's Lighthouse is the oldest and tallest in Georgia, and it's one of the most intact historic light stations in the U.S. Sarah Jones The Savannah River marks the border between Georgia and South Carolina. The river was vital to the early development of the area, including the city of Savannah. A lighthouse at Tybee Island has been

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Light Hearted ep 107 – Dan Spinella and Artworks...

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2021/02/28

Use this player to hear the podcast: Dan Spinella began his Fresnel lens research and restoration work in 1992. His first project was to provide engineering drawings to aid in the restoration of the St. Augustine Lighthouse first-order Fresnel lens. Several restoration projects followed, using both acrylic and glass prisms used to restore historic Fresnel lenses. Dan’s company, Artworks Florida, began creating full-scale reproduction Fresnel lenses in 2004. Dan Spinella has restored

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Light Hearted ep 106 – Tim Bailey, light keeper at...

Light Hearted ·

2021/02/21

Use this player to listen to the podcast episode: Halfway Rock is a windswept, rocky ledge far out in Maine’s Casco Bay, about nine miles east of Portland Head. Its name comes from its location about halfway between Cape Elizabeth and Cape Small. A 76-foot granite lighthouse tower was built on the ledge in the summer of 1871. It's now privately owned and has been restored in recent years. Halfway Rock Light, photo by Jeremy D'EntremontSeguin Light, photo by Jeremy D'Entremont Tim

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Light Hearted Special Edition – the U.S. Lighthouse...

Light Hearted ·

2021/02/19

Although our nation has made much progress in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic and we can now all start to see a guiding light at the end of the tunnel, it will still be several months before lighthouse visitation picks up to near-normal levels and for some organizations that may not happen until the 2022 season. The Board of Directors of the U.S. Lighthouse Society has therefore unanimously agreed to once again defer the normal cycle of grants and to instead offer our support and assistance with

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Light Hearted ep 105 – Rebecca Quinn and John Walls,...

Light Hearted ·

2021/02/17

Sheringham Point Lighthouse. BC.Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont. Sheringham Point, in the community of Shirley, about 16 miles northwest from Race Rocks near the south end of Vancouver Island, was named in 1846 for the British Vice Admiral William Louis Sheringham of the Royal Navy. The wreck of the steamer Valencia nearby in 1906, with the loss of at least 126 lives, had put pressure on the Canadian government to improve navigation. To aid shipping along the Canadian side of the Strait of Juan de

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Light Hearted ep 104 – Elanie Bruton, lightkeeper’s...

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2021/02/14

Jim Bruton was born in Wales in 1926, but his family relocated to British Columbia in Canada when he was just one year old. He started working in the logging industry when he was 14. After serving as a merchant seaman during World War II, in 1945 Bruton became an assistant keeper, or junior keeper, at Lennard Island Lightstation, off the west coast of Vancouver Island near Tofino. Jim and Evelyn Bruton, courtesy of Elanie Bruton. After a brief time at Lennard Island, Jim Bruton left the

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Light Hearted ep 103 – Photographer Pete Lerro

Light Hearted ·

2021/02/07

Pete Lerro is a graduate of Temple University in Pennsylvania, where he studied video, audio, and photography. In his career as a photographer, Pete has done work for the Department of Homeland Security, the NFL, the NBA, the NHL, and USA Gymnastics, among others. When he’s not on assignment, he organizes photo workshops across the country. With Pete’s unique workshops, guests can expect special access, private photo sessions, and a night of professional photography seminars. During some of the

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Light Hearted ep 102 – Richard Cummins, lighthouse...

Light Hearted ·

2021/02/03

This is part two of a two part interview with Richard Cummins, a native of Ireland who worked as a lighthouse keeper in that country for a decade. He spent time at the very famous Fastnet Rock Lighthouse; at Hook Head, the oldest operating lighthouse in the world, and some other well known light stations – more than 20 in all. A clip from the interview with Richard Cummins:Download Here's a video tour of Fastnet Rock Lighthouse, one of the places where Richard served as a keeper. A Tour

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Light Hearted ep 101 – Richard Cummins, lighthouse...

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2021/02/01

Richard Cummins Richard Cummins is a native of Ireland who, for about 10 years ending in 1989, worked as a lighthouse keeper in that country. He spent time at the very famous Fastnet Rock Lighthouse; at Hook Head, the oldest operating lighthouse in the world, and some other well known light stations – more than 20 in all. Hook Head, County Wexford, Ireland. Photo by Richard Cummins After his time as a lighthouse keeper he’s worked as a photographer and his photos have been published in

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Light Hearted special edition – The first 100...

Light Hearted ·

2021/01/27

The U.S. Lighthouse Society podcast "Light Hearted" was launched in June 2019. The podcast's name refers to people who have lighthouses in their hearts. It's the only podcast that's devoted to the subject of lighthouses. Since it was launched, 100 episodes have featured interviews with lighthouse keepers, authors, historians, and preservationists -- and much more. This retrospective includes clips of interview highlights from the first 20 months of "Light Hearted," along with

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Light Hearted ep 100 – Elizabeth Spires, author of...

Light Hearted ·

2021/01/25

Elizabeth Spires was born in Lancaster, Ohio, and she now lives in Baltimore, Maryland. She has always admired the poetry of Emily Dickinson, and by the time she was twelve she had decided to be a writer. When she was in college at Vassar, she began writing poetry seriously. That led to the publication of seven collections of poetry for adults, most recently A Memory of the Future, which was a New York Times Best Poetry Book of the Year. Elizabeth Spires Elizabeth has written seven children’s

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Light Hearted ep 99 – Betty Hindley Hatzikon,...

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2021/01/18

Like his father before him, young Joseph Hindley went to work in the textile mills of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Looking for a more adventurous life, he joined the Revenue Cutter Service in 1921. After some time in the Merchant Marines, Joseph joined the Lighthouse Service. He spent more than a decade as an assistant keeper, first at Whale Rock Light in Rhode Island and then at Butler Flats Light in New Bedford. Hindley joined the Coast Guard when they took over the management of lighthouses from

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Light Hearted ep 98 – Author Trudy Irene Scee,...

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2021/01/11

Pemaquid Point Lighthouse is one of the most frequently visited attractions on the Maine coast, receiving about 100,000 visitors each year. The point, at the entrance to Muscongus Bay to the east and Johns Bay to the west, was the scene of many shipwrecks through the centuries. In May 1826, Congress appropriated $4,000 for the building of a lighthouse at Pemaquid Point. The original tower didn’t last long, and a new 30-foot-tall conical stone tower was built in 1835. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse,

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Light Hearted ep 97 – Dianne Wolfer and “Lighthouse...

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2021/01/06

Fay Howe, courtesy of her son, Don Watson. Fay Howe, as drawn by illustrator Brian Simmonds for "Lighthouse Girl." This is part 2 of a two part interview with Dianne Wolfer, author of the award-winning children's book Lighthouse Girl. The book tells the true story of Fay Catherine Howe, daughter of the lighthouse keeper at Breaksea Island in Western Australia, during World War I. Around 30,000 soldiers left Australian shores to fight in World War I, and the sight of Fay Howe waving to them

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