Episode 62 - Cape Neddick "Nubble" Lighthouse

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Hi everyone, I'm Emily.

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And I'm Vince.

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And this is the Lighthouse Lowdown.

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["The Lighthouse Lowdown Theme"]

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Well hello.

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Hello.

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Hello.

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It's my birthday yesterday, so.

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Happy belated.

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Yeah, we've got recording on a Friday,

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we're gonna celebrate tomorrow, some fun stuff.

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That's right.

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Kick Vince's butt.

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Yeah, I just blew all the secrets of what we're gonna do.

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Yeah, well I need blown secrets.

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I'm one of those people who needs to mentally prepare

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for an outing, especially if there's other people involved.

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Well it's gonna be great.

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With you, I feel like I can handle whatever.

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I'm like, oh, I don't know, you make me feel safe.

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Well you're safe.

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Like a lighthouse.

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Lighthouses are not safe.

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Always under financial turmoil.

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I am like a lighthouse.

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Inside you're pretty safe, but the lighthouse themselves

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is not safe from anything in particular.

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Tall, I'm like a lighthouse.

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Yeah.

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Hey, I made that joke on my Instagram.

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Bright.

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Okay.

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Like a lighthouse.

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Right?

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Bright.

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Oh.

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Luminous.

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Anyways.

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The history buoy today kind of works into our episode

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and its event.

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It's called The Wreck of the Isador.

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The what?

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The wreck of the Isador.

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The Isador?

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That's what I'm saying, what's the last word?

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Isador.

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Isador, all right, let's hear it.

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It leads into the lighthouse that we're covering today,

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which everybody else knows because they clicked

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on the title, but you don't.

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That's right, I'm unaware.

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Vince and I found out the other day that people thought

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that he knew everything before we started recording

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and just feigned surprise.

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Yeah, like I'm acting the whole time.

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Just acting like a dumb ass.

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Just wow, I didn't know that.

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Yeah, we do this with honor.

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There's no knowing.

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Sometimes he sees quickly a photo that passes across

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the screen, but it's usually when I'm starting

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the episode on accident.

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Usually I find out when you find out.

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Okay, so I'll start the episode.

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So we're going all the way to other oetepa.

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I'm sorry, what?

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Other oetepa?

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We are going.

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Who's at the bar?

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Almost to the most southern point of Maine.

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So like almost into whatever state's below Maine.

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I think we should do an episode on geography of lighthouses.

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We really ought to do something.

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Mostly covering the regions and what states are in them.

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I genuinely have no idea what's below Maine.

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Is it Delaware?

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Is it New Jersey?

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I see.

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No, no, no, I think you're right.

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It's New Hampshire.

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New Hampshire.

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I got half of it right.

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What did I say?

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The word new.

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What did I say?

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Delaware.

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Okay.

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Yeah.

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That's not close.

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You know what?

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That's fine.

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Nobody's asking me to be good at geography.

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They're just asking me to deliver facts about lighthouses,

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which I will do today.

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Let's do it.

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Throw down.

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Okay, wow.

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So down there in Maine, close to New Hampshire.

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Yeah, I forgot already.

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There's Cape Nettic.

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Does that sound familiar to you?

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Nope.

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Okay, excellent.

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There's a tiny rocky island,

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which by the way is called a nubble.

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Does that sound familiar?

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No, I like the word though.

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Okay, good.

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Is there a nubble light?

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At the end of the game,

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but it's like less than a hundred yards away,

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like less than a football field.

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Like a nubble out there.

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Of space.

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It's just a little nubble.

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So that's kind of the location of this wreck

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that we're gonna talk about, the Isador,

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which I think is how it's pronounced.

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I list-

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Isador.

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Oh, I listened to a couple different pronunciations

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and they were all different.

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So I'm just gonna go with Isador.

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Isador.

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That's what I-

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Do you think like Spanish?

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I think so, yeah.

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Okay.

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This wreck of the Isador is a legend of Cape Nettic

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and was why the lighthouse that we're covering today

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was built in the first place, because of this wreck.

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So November 1842, the Three-Masted Bark,

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which is just a sailing ship.

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I like that word bark when referring to ships.

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Here's a depiction of the wreck.

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It's not doing too well during this depiction.

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It's in the name, so you know it doesn't survive.

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I was setting sail on her maiden voyage

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and got into a snowstorm.

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We got into like gale force winds and wrecked,

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which at the time they said that this storm was the worst

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that anyone had seen in Maine.

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So it's definitely a big deal.

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The ship wrecked on the rocky baldhead cliffs in,

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I think it's just north of Cape Nettic,

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is where they actually wrecked,

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like where this drawing is depicting.

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And all 14 crew members on the ship passed away

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because of this wreck. Oh my gosh, rip.

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The reason why this is a legend

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is because of some spooky circumstances

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surrounding this wreck.

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So we're gonna talk about those.

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A couple days before they were supposed to set sail,

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a crew member, his name is Thomas King,

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had a dream of a wrecked ship that resembled the Isidor

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and her crew bodies washing ashore.

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Man, that's rough.

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So obviously he was totally freaked out

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and pleaded with the captain

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that they don't go ahead with their trip,

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which was to deliver a cargo load to New Orleans

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and then head to France after that.

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Oh, interesting. Okay.

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So the problem was Thomas King was paid a month's wage

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in advance of this trip.

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And so the captain was like,

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there's gonna be some serious consequences

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if you try to back out.

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He's like, I've already spent it on gambling.

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Yeah. What are you talking about?

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He's like, I know you don't have the money to pay that back.

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And so the captain was like,

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we're still gonna set sail and you gotta go.

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And then the night before the trip,

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another crew member dreamt of seven coffins on the shore

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with his own body in one of them.

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And so he went to the captain and asked that they not sail,

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but of course they're going to anyway.

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Right.

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But this is a time where I feel like superstition

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and things would be more widely listened to.

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Oh yeah.

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Like if I had a crazy dream in my workplace,

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I wouldn't, huh?

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They thought mermaids are real.

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Yeah. Yeah.

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I don't know if that's true.

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I just said it.

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No, I think that's right.

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And there's, well, no, maybe not.

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I said it.

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Depends on who you ask, but yeah.

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Anyway, he was also ignored.

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But this second instance of a dream

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was enough to scare King off.

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And he hid in the town as the ship was setting off.

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Yeah.

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As they left, this is when the wind picked up

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and it started to snow leading to 20 foot waves

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and the gale force winds that I was mentioning.

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Obviously hard to survive a storm like that in these times.

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What year we're talking?

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1842.

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Big storm.

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Not too crazy long ago, but.

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Well, a long time.

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Enough.

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In shipping technology.

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Yeah.

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So the next morning, the wreckage was spread

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all across Cape Nettic Island

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with only seven of the crew members washing ashore.

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The rest lost the sea.

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And one of these seven was the guy who had the dream.

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Man. I know.

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The dream became true.

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The dream was like a premonition of the future.

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Oh my gosh.

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So kind of crazy.

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Since that Thanksgiving night,

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the East Sodor has been spotted as a phantom ship

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near Boone Island and Avery Cove,

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even by people who don't know the story of her wreck.

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That's cool.

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The Phantom Three sails.

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Yeah.

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It's pretty interesting.

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I would like to see a phantom ship.

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There's even stories of like people who are out fishing

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and they see this ship like wrecked and they go to see it.

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And as they get closer, it disappears.

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That's cool.

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Spooky.

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That is spooky.

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Cause it's spooky time of year.

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Spooky.

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Yeah. I guess we have Halloween and a little over a month.

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Oh.

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Sorry.

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I'm gonna turn those down.

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But it is interesting that it's like, it's a legend,

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but it's also based on just straight up fact.

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Yeah.

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There's nothing.

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1840s.

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Yeah.

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So after this wreck,

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public outcry led to the idea for a lighthouse

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on that island, but it wasn't until 1879

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that the plans were underway.

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And apparently it's because there was multiple,

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I don't know how this works,

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but there was multiple owners of the lighthouse,

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of the island.

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And one of them, or like a couple of them,

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wanted to build a hotel on the island.

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Interesting.

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There was like this big, long drawn out battle

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for like five years of trying to purchase.

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I think the island was purchased for like $1,500

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or something at that time, which was a lot.

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So Cape Nettic Lighthouse,

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affectionately called Nubble Light or Cape Neck by locals,

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was built on this little island in 1879.

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It took a little while.

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Yeah. A long time.

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It's almost, I mean-

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Can you imagine like a really bad thing that happens?

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Yeah.

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And then 30 years go by-

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Oh my gosh.

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Before the solution is built.

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The people who were probably pushing for it

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didn't even live that to see the rest of it.

278
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So here we go.

279
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Pulled up a picture.

280
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Classy.

281
00:09:11,740 --> 00:09:12,560
Yeah.

282
00:09:12,560 --> 00:09:13,400
I like it.

283
00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:14,660
We love a red light.

284
00:09:14,660 --> 00:09:17,180
So a 41 foot conical tower was built

285
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of cast iron sections lined on the inside with red brick.

286
00:09:20,340 --> 00:09:23,340
So it was just, you know, metal sheath.

287
00:09:23,340 --> 00:09:24,780
And this looks very familiar.

288
00:09:24,780 --> 00:09:25,740
East Coast Lighthouses.

289
00:09:25,740 --> 00:09:28,420
Yes. This is like a lot of what we saw in Cape Cod.

290
00:09:28,420 --> 00:09:29,260
That's right.

291
00:09:29,260 --> 00:09:30,340
That's a lot like Nosset Light

292
00:09:30,340 --> 00:09:33,560
and Nobska Lighthouse is very similar to this.

293
00:09:38,220 --> 00:09:41,800
It had a 32 step cast iron spiral stairway

294
00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,140
leading to the watch room with a ship's ladder

295
00:09:44,140 --> 00:09:45,220
leading to the lantern room.

296
00:09:45,220 --> 00:09:46,300
And this is pretty cool.

297
00:09:46,300 --> 00:09:48,260
The gallery is surrounded by a metal railing

298
00:09:48,260 --> 00:09:50,780
that has four inch lighthouse shaped,

299
00:09:50,780 --> 00:09:52,380
what is it called? Finneals?

300
00:09:52,380 --> 00:09:53,220
I don't know, but that's cool.

301
00:09:53,220 --> 00:09:54,060
Finneals?

302
00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:54,900
I have a picture.

303
00:09:54,900 --> 00:09:57,380
The little ornate hand rail tops.

304
00:09:57,380 --> 00:09:59,300
Yeah, like if you think of like a fence

305
00:09:59,300 --> 00:10:01,140
and a fancy neighborhood, they have like a point.

306
00:10:01,140 --> 00:10:02,460
Fix the newel post.

307
00:10:02,460 --> 00:10:04,300
Yeah, newel post, but.

308
00:10:04,300 --> 00:10:05,860
Not for stairs.

309
00:10:05,860 --> 00:10:07,140
Yeah.

310
00:10:07,140 --> 00:10:08,300
Wow. Cool.

311
00:10:08,300 --> 00:10:09,380
Oh my gosh.

312
00:10:09,380 --> 00:10:11,540
They've got a little hex nut on the bottom.

313
00:10:11,540 --> 00:10:12,500
Hex nut.

314
00:10:12,500 --> 00:10:14,260
You can like thread them on and off maybe.

315
00:10:14,260 --> 00:10:16,100
Somebody said it's a replica of the lighthouse,

316
00:10:16,100 --> 00:10:17,340
but I think it's just a little,

317
00:10:17,340 --> 00:10:20,340
I think it's just like a very classic lighthouse depiction.

318
00:10:20,340 --> 00:10:22,820
That's very particular whoever did that.

319
00:10:22,820 --> 00:10:23,660
I know.

320
00:10:23,660 --> 00:10:25,860
And it's like, you see all these brick lines and everything.

321
00:10:25,860 --> 00:10:26,700
Yeah.

322
00:10:26,700 --> 00:10:27,540
And they're still there.

323
00:10:27,540 --> 00:10:28,380
Cool.

324
00:10:28,380 --> 00:10:29,220
And they're still there.

325
00:10:29,220 --> 00:10:33,260
So just fun to see the little accents,

326
00:10:33,260 --> 00:10:34,980
even though they could make, of course, make it cheaper

327
00:10:34,980 --> 00:10:38,500
by not adding cute little details.

328
00:10:38,500 --> 00:10:39,900
No one's going to see those except for the keeper.

329
00:10:39,900 --> 00:10:40,740
Yeah.

330
00:10:40,740 --> 00:10:43,140
Especially now you can't even like get out there.

331
00:10:43,140 --> 00:10:43,980
Pretty sure it's.

332
00:10:43,980 --> 00:10:44,820
Oh, the island.

333
00:10:44,820 --> 00:10:45,660
Yeah.

334
00:10:45,660 --> 00:10:46,500
I don't know.

335
00:10:46,500 --> 00:10:47,340
I didn't look.

336
00:10:47,340 --> 00:10:48,900
Cause I think, I really don't think you're allowed

337
00:10:48,900 --> 00:10:51,500
to step foot on the island unless you're like invited

338
00:10:51,500 --> 00:10:52,340
or something.

339
00:10:52,340 --> 00:10:53,700
How far out is it?

340
00:10:53,700 --> 00:10:55,020
Less than a hundred yards.

341
00:10:55,020 --> 00:10:56,100
Hmm.

342
00:10:56,100 --> 00:10:56,940
Kayakable.

343
00:10:56,940 --> 00:10:57,780
Like a soup.

344
00:10:57,780 --> 00:10:58,620
Yeah, exactly.

345
00:10:58,620 --> 00:11:00,820
Like a super low tide.

346
00:11:00,820 --> 00:11:03,340
There's like a bed, like a rock bed

347
00:11:03,340 --> 00:11:04,540
that you could walk across,

348
00:11:04,540 --> 00:11:09,540
but it's the island itself is very rocky, like tall.

349
00:11:09,620 --> 00:11:10,500
Hard to climb up.

350
00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:11,340
Edges.

351
00:11:11,340 --> 00:11:13,220
Yeah. It's not like walking onto a sandy beach or something.

352
00:11:13,220 --> 00:11:14,340
It's all rock.

353
00:11:15,620 --> 00:11:18,860
I can't believe the ship wrecked that close to shore.

354
00:11:18,860 --> 00:11:19,700
Yeah.

355
00:11:19,700 --> 00:11:20,780
Right as they were leaving, they're like, oh no.

356
00:11:20,780 --> 00:11:23,540
The wind just kind of forced them back over.

357
00:11:23,540 --> 00:11:24,380
That's terrible.

358
00:11:24,380 --> 00:11:25,220
Yeah.

359
00:11:26,020 --> 00:11:31,020
So the fixed red fourth order Fresnel lens,

360
00:11:32,260 --> 00:11:33,460
see how that was hard for me to see.

361
00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:34,340
That's a lot.

362
00:11:34,340 --> 00:11:37,420
Was lit July 1st, 1879.

363
00:11:37,420 --> 00:11:39,340
We love a red lens.

364
00:11:39,340 --> 00:11:42,780
The tower was white, later painted a reddish brown

365
00:11:42,780 --> 00:11:44,460
and then returned to white in 1899.

366
00:11:44,460 --> 00:11:47,900
So it's been white for basically its entire lifetime.

367
00:11:47,900 --> 00:11:50,580
So if you look at pictures of the island, let me go back.

368
00:11:50,580 --> 00:11:51,820
So if you look at the island,

369
00:11:51,820 --> 00:11:55,500
there's several different little buildings here.

370
00:11:55,500 --> 00:11:56,940
We got it, the tower, which is connected

371
00:11:56,940 --> 00:11:59,140
to the keepers house by an enclosed walkway,

372
00:11:59,140 --> 00:12:01,300
which was added in 1911,

373
00:12:01,300 --> 00:12:03,940
because obviously it gets pretty cold here

374
00:12:03,940 --> 00:12:06,180
and you might as well be protected.

375
00:12:06,180 --> 00:12:08,740
And you can kind of see this picture of the rocky edge too.

376
00:12:08,740 --> 00:12:10,900
You can't really make it up.

377
00:12:10,900 --> 00:12:11,740
It's pretty rock.

378
00:12:11,740 --> 00:12:12,580
To the island.

379
00:12:12,580 --> 00:12:13,400
Yeah.

380
00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:14,240
I know we're the golden hour in this photo.

381
00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:15,420
Yeah, true.

382
00:12:15,420 --> 00:12:17,820
It's crazy to see the tunnel.

383
00:12:17,820 --> 00:12:18,660
It's not the tunnel.

384
00:12:18,660 --> 00:12:19,500
What is that called?

385
00:12:19,500 --> 00:12:20,320
The walkway?

386
00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:21,160
Yeah.

387
00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:23,220
I know that's a recurring theme for lighthouses

388
00:12:23,220 --> 00:12:25,220
and keepers houses.

389
00:12:25,220 --> 00:12:26,060
Yeah.

390
00:12:26,060 --> 00:12:28,900
And it's crazy to think how bad the weather must get

391
00:12:28,900 --> 00:12:30,940
to where someone decides, you know what?

392
00:12:30,940 --> 00:12:34,740
We need to build an enclosure for me to stay inside.

393
00:12:34,740 --> 00:12:36,180
I just think that's a lot of effort.

394
00:12:36,180 --> 00:12:38,700
Especially because it's never that far from the house.

395
00:12:38,700 --> 00:12:41,860
But if you think about you having to run the foghorn

396
00:12:41,860 --> 00:12:43,340
or for an example,

397
00:12:43,340 --> 00:12:45,100
I don't know if I have a picture of it later,

398
00:12:45,100 --> 00:12:47,020
this lighthouse used to have another walkway

399
00:12:47,020 --> 00:12:49,140
on the other side that led to the foghorn.

400
00:12:49,140 --> 00:12:52,820
So you'd never have to go outside in the weather.

401
00:12:52,820 --> 00:12:54,500
It's like an engineering school or building.

402
00:12:54,500 --> 00:12:55,340
Yeah.

403
00:12:55,340 --> 00:12:57,380
Never just want us to see the sun.

404
00:12:57,380 --> 00:12:58,820
Or all just pale.

405
00:12:58,820 --> 00:12:59,860
Yeah, it's funny.

406
00:12:59,860 --> 00:13:01,460
I was thinking about Triangle Island light.

407
00:13:01,460 --> 00:13:02,380
I can't forget.

408
00:13:02,380 --> 00:13:04,180
That was one of my early episodes that I covered.

409
00:13:04,180 --> 00:13:05,500
Yeah.

410
00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:09,460
There was stories of the storms being so crazy out there

411
00:13:09,460 --> 00:13:12,720
and that's off the coast of Victoria Island, west coast.

412
00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:16,200
But the men that were going between the buildings

413
00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:19,020
were they had like cables they had run.

414
00:13:19,020 --> 00:13:21,020
So they would crawl on the ground

415
00:13:21,020 --> 00:13:24,100
and like belly across the ground using the cable

416
00:13:24,100 --> 00:13:26,060
because otherwise they'd get lost

417
00:13:26,060 --> 00:13:28,060
in the rain and wind and everything.

418
00:13:28,060 --> 00:13:28,880
That's terrifying.

419
00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:30,460
Couldn't hear each other at all.

420
00:13:30,460 --> 00:13:31,300
So.

421
00:13:31,300 --> 00:13:32,540
Yeah, because it was really high up, wasn't it?

422
00:13:32,540 --> 00:13:34,520
Yes, that was a particularly bad spot

423
00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:36,060
to build a lighthouse.

424
00:13:36,060 --> 00:13:37,340
For those guys.

425
00:13:37,340 --> 00:13:39,460
That was one where the roof blew off

426
00:13:39,460 --> 00:13:41,020
on one of the structures.

427
00:13:41,020 --> 00:13:43,420
So anyways, back to this episode.

428
00:13:43,420 --> 00:13:46,380
It's nice to see those walkways, but it's curious.

429
00:13:46,380 --> 00:13:48,460
It's interesting to me how they're all over the place.

430
00:13:48,460 --> 00:13:49,900
Yeah, it was definitely like something

431
00:13:49,900 --> 00:13:52,820
that's adopted later on over time.

432
00:13:52,820 --> 00:13:55,500
You're like, why would I force the keepers

433
00:13:55,500 --> 00:13:58,340
to go outside several times a day

434
00:13:58,340 --> 00:14:01,420
when you know the weather's never very good?

435
00:14:01,420 --> 00:14:05,000
There's a modern version of this still in use

436
00:14:05,000 --> 00:14:08,580
in manufacturing spaces that I know about from work.

437
00:14:08,580 --> 00:14:10,780
I cannot say where this is at

438
00:14:12,100 --> 00:14:14,340
due to non-disclosure information,

439
00:14:14,340 --> 00:14:16,780
but there are enclosed walkways,

440
00:14:16,780 --> 00:14:20,060
even in manufacturing facilities today

441
00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:24,340
where men and women are using like hand carts

442
00:14:24,340 --> 00:14:26,500
to move materials because they cannot be exposed

443
00:14:26,500 --> 00:14:27,340
to the outside.

444
00:14:27,340 --> 00:14:28,160
Oh.

445
00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:29,380
The materials themselves,

446
00:14:29,380 --> 00:14:32,300
whether they can't be seen by the outside

447
00:14:32,300 --> 00:14:35,920
or because of the rain.

448
00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:37,620
So there's still like modern versions

449
00:14:37,620 --> 00:14:39,340
of these little walkways being built.

450
00:14:39,340 --> 00:14:40,740
Above ground too, kind of cool.

451
00:14:40,740 --> 00:14:42,340
Yeah.

452
00:14:42,340 --> 00:14:43,180
Yeah, I like it.

453
00:14:43,180 --> 00:14:46,460
I always like to see it because it just is showing care

454
00:14:46,460 --> 00:14:47,300
for the people.

455
00:14:47,300 --> 00:14:50,020
Like you just care about the people who are working here.

456
00:14:50,020 --> 00:14:51,460
So you're like, yeah, you might as well

457
00:14:51,460 --> 00:14:52,760
just add a little walkway.

458
00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:56,980
So we've also got a bright red oil house,

459
00:14:56,980 --> 00:14:58,820
which was built in 1902.

460
00:14:58,820 --> 00:15:01,460
And we also have a storage building and a boat house.

461
00:15:01,460 --> 00:15:04,180
And in the past, there was a perimeter structure

462
00:15:04,180 --> 00:15:05,500
with a fog bell inside.

463
00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:09,540
It started off as like a skeletal A-frame sort of thing

464
00:15:09,540 --> 00:15:11,220
with the bell exposed.

465
00:15:11,220 --> 00:15:13,580
Then it moved on to an enclosed white tower

466
00:15:13,580 --> 00:15:15,260
that was removed in 1961.

467
00:15:15,260 --> 00:15:16,940
So they're not in current photos,

468
00:15:16,940 --> 00:15:19,220
but I have one, an old one.

469
00:15:19,220 --> 00:15:20,060
Interesting.

470
00:15:21,140 --> 00:15:22,940
Wonder why they, oh, that's cool.

471
00:15:22,940 --> 00:15:25,020
It adds to the whole architecture.

472
00:15:25,020 --> 00:15:25,860
Yeah, it's pretty cool.

473
00:15:25,860 --> 00:15:27,740
Oh yeah, there's that walkway you mentioned.

474
00:15:27,740 --> 00:15:30,520
So there's the bell looks like hanging up on the right side.

475
00:15:30,520 --> 00:15:33,060
For those of you not watching online,

476
00:15:33,060 --> 00:15:34,660
we see the house on the left,

477
00:15:34,660 --> 00:15:36,520
the lighthouse in the center,

478
00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:39,060
and then on the right, this pyramidal,

479
00:15:39,060 --> 00:15:39,900
pyramidal?

480
00:15:39,900 --> 00:15:40,740
Perimidal.

481
00:15:40,740 --> 00:15:41,560
Perimidal.

482
00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:42,400
I don't know.

483
00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:43,240
That's how I would say it.

484
00:15:43,240 --> 00:15:44,760
Fog bell structure.

485
00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:45,600
Pretty cool.

486
00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:46,580
Yeah, brick painted white.

487
00:15:46,580 --> 00:15:47,420
It's very nice.

488
00:15:47,420 --> 00:15:48,540
Cool photo.

489
00:15:48,540 --> 00:15:52,260
I didn't look into why it was removed.

490
00:15:52,260 --> 00:15:54,620
I think it was damaged and then removed.

491
00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:55,460
So, but I don't know.

492
00:15:55,460 --> 00:15:56,660
It's a unique shape.

493
00:15:56,660 --> 00:15:58,940
So I can imagine it'd be difficult to repair.

494
00:15:58,940 --> 00:16:01,320
I've seen a couple of them though.

495
00:16:01,320 --> 00:16:04,580
I don't know if maybe it was more resilient

496
00:16:04,580 --> 00:16:06,420
when it's shaped like that.

497
00:16:06,420 --> 00:16:09,160
Someone's in there smacking on a bell then.

498
00:16:10,140 --> 00:16:10,980
With a hammer.

499
00:16:10,980 --> 00:16:14,140
They get some automated striking mechanisms and stuff.

500
00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:18,140
This bell would strike every 15 seconds in foggy weather.

501
00:16:18,140 --> 00:16:20,700
There was, I wish I remember.

502
00:16:20,700 --> 00:16:22,620
They deserve for me to remember,

503
00:16:22,620 --> 00:16:25,580
but there was a storm recently we talked about.

504
00:16:26,460 --> 00:16:27,300
In Maine.

505
00:16:27,300 --> 00:16:28,140
In Maine.

506
00:16:28,140 --> 00:16:33,140
Where a fog house, well, a fog bell house was damaged.

507
00:16:33,220 --> 00:16:34,060
And I had a similar.

508
00:16:34,060 --> 00:16:35,820
A pentequin point, I think.

509
00:16:35,820 --> 00:16:36,860
Yeah, it was kind of similar.

510
00:16:36,860 --> 00:16:38,100
It wasn't the same shape, I don't think,

511
00:16:38,100 --> 00:16:40,600
but the way the bell was mounted,

512
00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,020
where it's exposed and it had some,

513
00:16:43,020 --> 00:16:45,860
some cover on one side for the machinery or for the people.

514
00:16:45,860 --> 00:16:46,700
Kind of cool.

515
00:16:46,700 --> 00:16:48,860
I assume again, that's a recurring thing.

516
00:16:48,860 --> 00:16:50,100
Yeah, Pemmick Wood Point.

517
00:16:51,020 --> 00:16:54,900
They also had a little pyramid.

518
00:16:54,900 --> 00:16:55,740
Oh, they did.

519
00:16:55,740 --> 00:16:57,000
Yeah.

520
00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:58,180
Look at me.

521
00:16:58,180 --> 00:16:59,020
I'll pull it up.

522
00:16:59,020 --> 00:17:00,420
Memory.

523
00:17:00,420 --> 00:17:01,660
Memory.

524
00:17:01,660 --> 00:17:02,500
A little smaller.

525
00:17:02,500 --> 00:17:04,460
So pretty, pretty common shape.

526
00:17:04,460 --> 00:17:06,340
Although this one was connected to an actual building,

527
00:17:06,340 --> 00:17:08,340
but I guess ours had a walkway,

528
00:17:08,340 --> 00:17:10,300
so you didn't really need a building.

529
00:17:10,300 --> 00:17:11,260
I'd be interested.

530
00:17:11,260 --> 00:17:12,580
Maybe we'll put together an episode

531
00:17:12,580 --> 00:17:14,260
and take some time to research on

532
00:17:15,260 --> 00:17:18,300
just kind of some general themes of lighthouse architecture.

533
00:17:18,300 --> 00:17:21,100
Yeah, things you see reoccurring all the time.

534
00:17:21,100 --> 00:17:22,500
I don't know if I already mentioned it,

535
00:17:22,500 --> 00:17:24,540
but I've done some research on,

536
00:17:24,540 --> 00:17:26,100
I think I mentioned it in one of the episodes,

537
00:17:26,100 --> 00:17:29,820
different themes for lighthouse, keepers houses.

538
00:17:29,820 --> 00:17:33,220
But there's lots of information out there.

539
00:17:33,220 --> 00:17:34,940
I like looking at this keepers cottage

540
00:17:34,940 --> 00:17:37,380
because it looks like a gingerbread house.

541
00:17:37,380 --> 00:17:38,220
It does.

542
00:17:38,220 --> 00:17:39,320
What's it called?

543
00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,340
The little texture that's under the roof line.

544
00:17:42,340 --> 00:17:43,180
I don't know.

545
00:17:43,180 --> 00:17:44,260
I would just call it a trim,

546
00:17:44,260 --> 00:17:46,340
but I'm sure it's a style.

547
00:17:46,340 --> 00:17:47,500
Gothic.

548
00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:48,340
Yeah.

549
00:17:48,340 --> 00:17:49,380
Something.

550
00:17:49,380 --> 00:17:50,900
I haven't seen something like that before,

551
00:17:50,900 --> 00:17:52,060
so it's kind of fun.

552
00:17:52,060 --> 00:17:55,300
There also used to be an overhead tram shed,

553
00:17:55,300 --> 00:17:58,820
which the tram brought supplies from the mainland.

554
00:17:58,820 --> 00:18:00,420
So at first it was just like a basket

555
00:18:00,420 --> 00:18:03,340
that they brought over with like a pulley system.

556
00:18:03,340 --> 00:18:05,740
And then keepers would use it to get food and water.

557
00:18:05,740 --> 00:18:07,980
So they would row over to the mainland

558
00:18:07,980 --> 00:18:09,220
because it's not that far.

559
00:18:09,220 --> 00:18:14,060
They would row over, put their groceries in the basket,

560
00:18:14,060 --> 00:18:17,700
row back over and then pull the groceries over.

561
00:18:17,700 --> 00:18:19,780
I imagine that failed at least once.

562
00:18:19,780 --> 00:18:20,620
Yeah.

563
00:18:20,620 --> 00:18:23,260
Someone just watched their groceries plunge into the water.

564
00:18:23,260 --> 00:18:24,100
I know.

565
00:18:24,100 --> 00:18:25,060
They talked about it a couple of times,

566
00:18:25,060 --> 00:18:27,740
like before they did that, or if they didn't use it,

567
00:18:27,740 --> 00:18:30,860
then they were like rowing with groceries and it capsizes.

568
00:18:30,860 --> 00:18:32,340
And they were like, oh, everyone was fine,

569
00:18:32,340 --> 00:18:34,340
but like our groceries took a hit.

570
00:18:34,340 --> 00:18:35,180
Man.

571
00:18:35,180 --> 00:18:36,020
And I was like, dang it.

572
00:18:36,020 --> 00:18:38,740
That's probably why they added a basket.

573
00:18:38,740 --> 00:18:41,940
And later the lighthouse was electrified in 1938.

574
00:18:41,940 --> 00:18:45,260
The tram also got an upgrade and the mechanism

575
00:18:45,260 --> 00:18:46,820
was in this shed until it was damaged

576
00:18:46,820 --> 00:18:49,100
by a winter storm in 2013.

577
00:18:49,100 --> 00:18:50,140
Oh, so recent.

578
00:18:50,140 --> 00:18:50,980
Yeah.

579
00:18:50,980 --> 00:18:53,220
So I think now it's like a zip line or something.

580
00:18:53,220 --> 00:18:54,420
I couldn't really figure out what they-

581
00:18:54,420 --> 00:18:55,500
It's still there?

582
00:18:55,500 --> 00:18:56,780
Yeah, they added something else.

583
00:18:56,780 --> 00:18:58,180
Yeah.

584
00:18:58,180 --> 00:18:59,020
Cause-

585
00:18:59,020 --> 00:19:00,340
But it's a private island.

586
00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:01,820
Yeah, but nobody lives there.

587
00:19:02,940 --> 00:19:05,260
But you can't go there legally.

588
00:19:05,260 --> 00:19:06,100
I don't think so.

589
00:19:06,100 --> 00:19:07,260
You could zip line there potentially.

590
00:19:07,260 --> 00:19:09,220
I was thinking kayak.

591
00:19:09,220 --> 00:19:10,980
I have a story of this.

592
00:19:10,980 --> 00:19:12,220
I didn't make note of it.

593
00:19:12,220 --> 00:19:13,300
Dang it.

594
00:19:13,300 --> 00:19:15,300
I'll just try and tell you what it was from memory.

595
00:19:15,300 --> 00:19:17,940
But there was a couple, or at least later on,

596
00:19:17,940 --> 00:19:20,100
there was a keeper who,

597
00:19:21,420 --> 00:19:22,340
do I have a picture of this?

598
00:19:22,340 --> 00:19:23,900
I think I do.

599
00:19:23,900 --> 00:19:25,140
Okay.

600
00:19:25,140 --> 00:19:28,940
This guy sent his wife and child

601
00:19:30,900 --> 00:19:33,220
in the basket to the island.

602
00:19:34,460 --> 00:19:35,300
All right.

603
00:19:35,300 --> 00:19:36,780
And she talked about it.

604
00:19:36,780 --> 00:19:38,860
I mean, she's still alive and she's like,

605
00:19:38,860 --> 00:19:39,980
it wasn't a big deal.

606
00:19:39,980 --> 00:19:42,500
Like I just, it's a lot faster.

607
00:19:42,500 --> 00:19:46,380
And you know, it was, we've done it a hundred times,

608
00:19:46,380 --> 00:19:48,540
like the bringing something back and forth.

609
00:19:48,540 --> 00:19:49,700
Yes, yeah.

610
00:19:49,700 --> 00:19:53,180
And then the coast guard,

611
00:19:53,180 --> 00:19:54,620
cause this was Coast Guard times,

612
00:19:54,620 --> 00:19:57,300
the Coast Guard caught wind of this event

613
00:19:57,300 --> 00:20:01,420
because they, he would send his kid back and forth

614
00:20:01,420 --> 00:20:03,060
to school in the basket.

615
00:20:03,060 --> 00:20:03,900
Oh my gosh.

616
00:20:03,900 --> 00:20:04,900
Like just stick him in there.

617
00:20:04,900 --> 00:20:08,540
And a picture of him went into the newspaper of him

618
00:20:08,540 --> 00:20:09,380
in the basket.

619
00:20:09,380 --> 00:20:11,500
And so then of course the Coast Guard saw it

620
00:20:11,500 --> 00:20:13,540
and was like, okay.

621
00:20:13,540 --> 00:20:16,740
They're like, families with school-aged children

622
00:20:16,740 --> 00:20:18,860
are no longer allowed on this line out.

623
00:20:18,860 --> 00:20:20,500
Yeah.

624
00:20:20,500 --> 00:20:21,580
That is crazy.

625
00:20:21,580 --> 00:20:22,460
I know.

626
00:20:22,460 --> 00:20:24,100
I guess it's not that much more crazy

627
00:20:24,100 --> 00:20:25,740
than sending them on a boat.

628
00:20:25,740 --> 00:20:26,580
Yeah.

629
00:20:26,580 --> 00:20:27,540
They're above water.

630
00:20:27,540 --> 00:20:28,700
I mean, if they fall out.

631
00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:31,100
Yeah. And it's got a rope underneath and like.

632
00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:33,940
Safety standards are.

633
00:20:33,940 --> 00:20:34,780
It's kinda crazy.

634
00:20:34,780 --> 00:20:37,060
It's crazy that there's a photo.

635
00:20:37,060 --> 00:20:37,900
I know.

636
00:20:37,900 --> 00:20:41,020
So cameras were, this is not that long ago, right?

637
00:20:41,020 --> 00:20:41,860
This was probably like.

638
00:20:41,860 --> 00:20:42,700
1900s.

639
00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:44,100
70s, 60s or 70s.

640
00:20:44,100 --> 00:20:44,940
1960s.

641
00:20:44,940 --> 00:20:45,900
Yeah.

642
00:20:45,900 --> 00:20:47,340
People were just built different back then.

643
00:20:47,340 --> 00:20:48,180
I know.

644
00:20:48,180 --> 00:20:49,020
You're just like, you might as well.

645
00:20:49,020 --> 00:20:49,860
Baby boomers.

646
00:20:49,860 --> 00:20:50,680
Come on.

647
00:20:50,680 --> 00:20:51,520
Just doing crazy things.

648
00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:53,940
And you're thinking about, it was like a young boy

649
00:20:53,940 --> 00:20:54,780
and they just sent him.

650
00:20:54,780 --> 00:20:55,620
Go to school, Timmy.

651
00:20:55,620 --> 00:20:56,460
Go to school, yeah.

652
00:20:56,460 --> 00:20:57,420
Send him to the island.

653
00:20:57,420 --> 00:20:59,900
Like, was the school close

654
00:20:59,900 --> 00:21:02,460
to where he got off the basket by himself?

655
00:21:02,460 --> 00:21:04,020
Yeah. You thought it was hard to walk uphill

656
00:21:04,020 --> 00:21:05,220
in the snow both ways.

657
00:21:06,260 --> 00:21:07,680
What about over water?

658
00:21:08,620 --> 00:21:09,460
And rocks.

659
00:21:09,460 --> 00:21:12,380
So like if it fell, it would not be just like.

660
00:21:12,380 --> 00:21:13,580
That's the kid in the photo.

661
00:21:13,580 --> 00:21:14,420
It was just like.

662
00:21:14,420 --> 00:21:16,060
Just like, I've done it before.

663
00:21:16,060 --> 00:21:16,880
I don't know.

664
00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:17,720
No big deal.

665
00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:19,660
So I guess that, this has always been

666
00:21:19,660 --> 00:21:21,460
a family lighthouse location.

667
00:21:21,460 --> 00:21:22,920
They always have families there.

668
00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:24,820
So I wonder how that affected it

669
00:21:24,820 --> 00:21:27,220
to have no school-aged children.

670
00:21:27,220 --> 00:21:28,500
Didn't help, I bet.

671
00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:30,240
So even though we're close enough to the mainland

672
00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:32,160
to get supplies over by a basket,

673
00:21:32,160 --> 00:21:33,620
the keepers described living here

674
00:21:33,620 --> 00:21:35,220
as being in a fish bowl.

675
00:21:35,220 --> 00:21:37,660
Because it's like this spectacle where.

676
00:21:37,660 --> 00:21:38,500
You see it.

677
00:21:38,500 --> 00:21:41,100
Yeah, you can see it, but you aren't allowed to go in.

678
00:21:41,100 --> 00:21:42,980
And that's only like current times.

679
00:21:42,980 --> 00:21:46,820
Earlier, this was like a very popular tourist spot.

680
00:21:46,820 --> 00:21:49,740
And has been since the very first keeper

681
00:21:49,740 --> 00:21:53,080
of this lighthouse announced in the Portsmouth paper

682
00:21:53,080 --> 00:21:55,220
that visitors could be ferried to the island

683
00:21:55,220 --> 00:21:57,500
for 10 cents by his son.

684
00:21:57,500 --> 00:21:58,340
Nice.

685
00:21:58,340 --> 00:21:59,160
Who would come out, pick you up

686
00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:00,000
and bring you to the lighthouse.

687
00:22:00,000 --> 00:22:00,820
A little side hustle.

688
00:22:00,820 --> 00:22:02,600
Yeah, do tours.

689
00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:05,620
And this, so this like, its entire history,

690
00:22:05,620 --> 00:22:08,900
the keepers have done tours for money.

691
00:22:08,900 --> 00:22:09,720
That's cool.

692
00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:10,560
And they get to keep it.

693
00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:13,220
So it's like they're running their own side business.

694
00:22:13,220 --> 00:22:15,500
Which obviously, I can't imagine the lighthouse.

695
00:22:15,500 --> 00:22:17,700
The Coast Guard lighthouse service would.

696
00:22:17,700 --> 00:22:19,340
Enjoy that, yeah.

697
00:22:19,340 --> 00:22:22,540
So in 1898, keeper Lewis was prohibited

698
00:22:22,540 --> 00:22:26,060
to be taking visitors on Sundays specifically.

699
00:22:26,060 --> 00:22:27,340
He told people that it was because

700
00:22:27,340 --> 00:22:28,740
he was making too much money.

701
00:22:28,740 --> 00:22:30,420
But the reality was that he was,

702
00:22:30,420 --> 00:22:31,980
it was affecting his job.

703
00:22:31,980 --> 00:22:32,820
Oh, he's too busy.

704
00:22:32,820 --> 00:22:34,500
Yeah, too many people.

705
00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:35,580
And they said even at one point,

706
00:22:35,580 --> 00:22:37,820
there was like 200 to 300 people on the island.

707
00:22:37,820 --> 00:22:38,660
What?

708
00:22:38,660 --> 00:22:41,820
And like the only person running everything was his wife.

709
00:22:41,820 --> 00:22:42,640
Oh my gosh.

710
00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:43,660
So it was crazy.

711
00:22:43,660 --> 00:22:45,500
They're like, you have to stop this.

712
00:22:45,500 --> 00:22:48,100
Especially on Sunday when people would go out and like, oh.

713
00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:48,940
Yeah, they have time.

714
00:22:48,940 --> 00:22:49,780
Let's do a tour of the lighthouse.

715
00:22:49,780 --> 00:22:50,600
Yeah.

716
00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:51,440
Let's go see the lighthouse.

717
00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:52,280
That'd be fun.

718
00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:54,280
Meet me at the lighthouse.

719
00:22:55,260 --> 00:22:57,300
The tourist trade brought in a lot of money for keepers.

720
00:22:57,300 --> 00:23:00,520
But in 1919, keeper William Richardson was fired

721
00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:02,380
for ferrying over tourists.

722
00:23:02,380 --> 00:23:04,060
So I guess they just started to draw the line

723
00:23:04,060 --> 00:23:05,700
where what was appropriate.

724
00:23:05,700 --> 00:23:07,460
And it kind of just put a damper.

725
00:23:07,460 --> 00:23:08,300
Ruin the fun.

726
00:23:08,300 --> 00:23:09,140
Yeah.

727
00:23:09,140 --> 00:23:09,980
Thanks government.

728
00:23:11,980 --> 00:23:14,720
The distance to the lighthouse was also easily swimmable

729
00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,340
proven by the lighthouse cat.

730
00:23:17,340 --> 00:23:19,820
And this name is incredible.

731
00:23:19,820 --> 00:23:23,060
So I'm not really sure exactly what years this cat was there.

732
00:23:23,060 --> 00:23:26,760
I think it was in the 50s or like maybe 60s or something.

733
00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:31,760
But the name, it was like a 20 pound ginger striped cat.

734
00:23:32,980 --> 00:23:35,580
And his name was Sambo Tonkus.

735
00:23:36,460 --> 00:23:38,740
Sambo Tonkus.

736
00:23:38,740 --> 00:23:40,260
Sambo Tonkus.

737
00:23:40,260 --> 00:23:41,180
That's awesome.

738
00:23:41,180 --> 00:23:43,180
Do you have any photos of Sambo?

739
00:23:43,180 --> 00:23:44,500
Wow, that's a big cat.

740
00:23:44,500 --> 00:23:45,860
I know.

741
00:23:45,860 --> 00:23:47,220
And a very thin man.

742
00:23:47,220 --> 00:23:49,100
It's got his little white socks.

743
00:23:49,100 --> 00:23:51,260
So it looks like a tabby cat, but they said it was ginger.

744
00:23:51,260 --> 00:23:54,340
So he must've been some kind of like really pretty

745
00:23:54,340 --> 00:23:55,460
patterned mix.

746
00:23:55,460 --> 00:23:57,700
So this cat would swim in the ocean.

747
00:23:57,700 --> 00:23:58,540
Swim, yeah.

748
00:23:58,540 --> 00:24:00,660
It ran out of mice on the island.

749
00:24:00,660 --> 00:24:01,500
Of course.

750
00:24:01,500 --> 00:24:02,460
Because it did such a good job.

751
00:24:02,460 --> 00:24:04,860
So it would swim to the mainland and come back

752
00:24:04,860 --> 00:24:06,740
with like mice in its mouth.

753
00:24:06,740 --> 00:24:07,620
Feed its babies.

754
00:24:07,620 --> 00:24:09,220
Yeah.

755
00:24:09,220 --> 00:24:11,820
So people in town knew of this cat and everybody loved him.

756
00:24:11,820 --> 00:24:12,660
So that's awesome.

757
00:24:12,660 --> 00:24:14,020
Sambo Tonken.

758
00:24:14,020 --> 00:24:14,840
Tonkus.

759
00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:15,980
Tonkus.

760
00:24:15,980 --> 00:24:16,900
This is Eugene.

761
00:24:16,900 --> 00:24:18,900
This picture I pulled up is Eugene Coleman,

762
00:24:18,900 --> 00:24:20,320
who was the current keeper.

763
00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,860
Because Sambo was left behind by another keeper

764
00:24:23,860 --> 00:24:27,140
who said that he just fit in so well with the lighthouse.

765
00:24:27,140 --> 00:24:28,940
Like why would I take him away from here?

766
00:24:28,940 --> 00:24:29,780
He does a good job.

767
00:24:29,780 --> 00:24:31,020
So I'll leave him.

768
00:24:31,020 --> 00:24:32,620
And so he stuck around.

769
00:24:32,620 --> 00:24:33,460
That's awesome.

770
00:24:33,460 --> 00:24:34,780
I know, so cute.

771
00:24:34,780 --> 00:24:39,140
1923, the light is electrified, but not before an explosion

772
00:24:39,140 --> 00:24:40,600
took out the Fresnel lens,

773
00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:42,620
which was replaced with a duplicate.

774
00:24:42,620 --> 00:24:47,200
I cannot find a single detail about what this explosion is,

775
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,180
even though there are several references that say

776
00:24:50,180 --> 00:24:53,300
explosion takes out Fresnel lens.

777
00:24:53,300 --> 00:24:54,140
But no one says why.

778
00:24:54,140 --> 00:24:57,060
Nobody, what kind of explosion happened

779
00:24:57,060 --> 00:24:58,320
in the lantern room?

780
00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:04,260
Somebody smoking while they're filling up the kerosene

781
00:25:04,260 --> 00:25:05,100
or something.

782
00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:07,300
Doesn't make any sense to me.

783
00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:09,420
And then there's no, like, you're not gonna talk about

784
00:25:09,420 --> 00:25:11,620
if anybody got hurt or like,

785
00:25:11,620 --> 00:25:15,700
what sparks an explosion in the lantern room?

786
00:25:15,700 --> 00:25:16,940
I gotta know.

787
00:25:16,940 --> 00:25:19,660
Also, Fresnel lenses are kind of fragile.

788
00:25:19,660 --> 00:25:22,040
Yeah. Kind of, not really.

789
00:25:22,040 --> 00:25:22,880
They're huge.

790
00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,420
Yeah. And mostly like, if there's some damage,

791
00:25:25,420 --> 00:25:27,320
you just replace the glass panels,

792
00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:29,500
but not the entire thing.

793
00:25:29,500 --> 00:25:30,860
And to replace the entire thing.

794
00:25:30,860 --> 00:25:33,200
Sounds like insurance fraud.

795
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:34,500
I just wish somebody would explain.

796
00:25:34,500 --> 00:25:36,580
If somebody out there knows,

797
00:25:36,580 --> 00:25:38,780
tell us what happened to this Fresnel lens.

798
00:25:39,740 --> 00:25:42,560
So we still have a fourth order lens.

799
00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:43,400
So that's good.

800
00:25:43,400 --> 00:25:45,220
Okay, nice.

801
00:25:45,220 --> 00:25:46,300
It's basically the fourth order,

802
00:25:46,300 --> 00:25:49,220
it's basically to protect it from the cove nearby.

803
00:25:49,220 --> 00:25:52,180
Not really any other big ocean traffic.

804
00:25:52,180 --> 00:25:53,460
So it's-

805
00:25:53,460 --> 00:25:54,300
The port nearby.

806
00:25:54,300 --> 00:25:56,300
Cause the fourth order is shorter range.

807
00:25:56,300 --> 00:25:57,700
20 miles, maybe.

808
00:25:57,700 --> 00:25:58,540
Yeah, that's true.

809
00:25:58,540 --> 00:25:59,380
Yeah, shorter range.

810
00:25:59,380 --> 00:26:01,900
So yeah, you're probably right that it's just for-

811
00:26:01,900 --> 00:26:03,780
A 20 is still a lot.

812
00:26:03,780 --> 00:26:04,620
What's the range?

813
00:26:04,620 --> 00:26:06,140
Like a ballpark.

814
00:26:06,140 --> 00:26:06,980
12?

815
00:26:06,980 --> 00:26:09,940
I was gonna say 20, but like 30, I think is first order.

816
00:26:09,940 --> 00:26:11,220
So we're around 30.

817
00:26:11,220 --> 00:26:13,180
23 is first order.

818
00:26:13,180 --> 00:26:14,180
What?

819
00:26:14,180 --> 00:26:15,100
Oh my gosh.

820
00:26:15,100 --> 00:26:16,300
So it says,

821
00:26:17,220 --> 00:26:18,540
noble lighthouse facts.

822
00:26:18,540 --> 00:26:20,540
The light from the noble lighthouse's Fresnel lens

823
00:26:20,540 --> 00:26:23,380
is visible for 13 nautical miles in clear weather.

824
00:26:23,380 --> 00:26:24,220
Okay.

825
00:26:24,220 --> 00:26:25,460
I was right on the money.

826
00:26:25,460 --> 00:26:26,940
13 nautical miles.

827
00:26:26,940 --> 00:26:29,420
I was about 200% off.

828
00:26:29,420 --> 00:26:31,380
But this is a red light.

829
00:26:31,380 --> 00:26:36,380
So it's actually like less, the range is smaller.

830
00:26:36,420 --> 00:26:37,260
Okay.

831
00:26:38,140 --> 00:26:39,780
What was the question in the first place?

832
00:26:39,780 --> 00:26:41,540
What's the range of first order lens?

833
00:26:41,540 --> 00:26:42,380
Oh good.

834
00:26:42,380 --> 00:26:45,940
Cause this is, you know, it's within sight of the main port.

835
00:26:45,940 --> 00:26:46,780
Yes.

836
00:26:46,780 --> 00:26:47,980
So really it's to protect the port.

837
00:26:47,980 --> 00:26:50,140
So it's more like being close to the mainland.

838
00:26:50,140 --> 00:26:50,980
Yeah.

839
00:26:50,980 --> 00:26:51,820
Okay.

840
00:26:51,820 --> 00:26:54,060
Rather than, you know, some islands are way out on their own

841
00:26:54,060 --> 00:26:55,420
and they need first order.

842
00:26:56,420 --> 00:26:57,260
Yeah.

843
00:26:57,260 --> 00:26:58,100
So it's not really, okay.

844
00:26:58,100 --> 00:26:58,940
Yeah, that's a good point.

845
00:26:58,940 --> 00:27:00,460
It's not really deflecting away from the island

846
00:27:00,460 --> 00:27:02,140
cause the island is so close to the mainland.

847
00:27:02,140 --> 00:27:03,340
It's really just like,

848
00:27:03,340 --> 00:27:04,340
Just don't hit this.

849
00:27:04,340 --> 00:27:05,180
Yeah.

850
00:27:05,180 --> 00:27:06,020
It's a point.

851
00:27:06,020 --> 00:27:07,140
You're coming up on it.

852
00:27:07,140 --> 00:27:09,740
So the light was automated in 1987

853
00:27:09,740 --> 00:27:13,340
and historian William O. Thompson said,

854
00:27:13,340 --> 00:27:15,620
quote, it's the biggest issue in our little town.

855
00:27:15,620 --> 00:27:17,780
I can't remember people getting so upset about anything

856
00:27:17,780 --> 00:27:19,500
since World War II broke out.

857
00:27:19,500 --> 00:27:20,940
So obviously people cared a lot.

858
00:27:20,940 --> 00:27:23,460
So the town banded together to adopt the lighthouse

859
00:27:23,460 --> 00:27:26,060
through the main lights program in 1998.

860
00:27:26,060 --> 00:27:26,900
Nice.

861
00:27:26,900 --> 00:27:28,220
So the town owns it.

862
00:27:28,220 --> 00:27:29,180
Y2K.

863
00:27:29,180 --> 00:27:33,020
I think it's still the same as it was in 1990s

864
00:27:33,020 --> 00:27:34,700
or almost 2000.

865
00:27:34,700 --> 00:27:36,660
While hundreds of people have applied to live

866
00:27:36,660 --> 00:27:37,740
in the Keepers cottage,

867
00:27:37,740 --> 00:27:39,860
they have problems with water and sewer connections.

868
00:27:39,860 --> 00:27:41,780
So nobody ever has.

869
00:27:41,780 --> 00:27:44,980
So, which is a shame because that would be nice.

870
00:27:44,980 --> 00:27:47,540
I would appreciate some noble lighthouse living.

871
00:27:47,540 --> 00:27:52,540
Utilities are important and difficult on a light station.

872
00:27:52,980 --> 00:27:53,820
Yeah.

873
00:27:53,820 --> 00:27:55,340
So I guess somebody just goes out there

874
00:27:55,340 --> 00:27:57,660
every once in a while to take care of it.

875
00:27:57,660 --> 00:27:59,020
Cause it's in great shape.

876
00:27:59,020 --> 00:28:03,420
They did a series of restoration starting in 2017,

877
00:28:03,420 --> 00:28:07,180
which ended with a $42,000 project in 2021

878
00:28:07,180 --> 00:28:09,180
to replace the back deck and windows.

879
00:28:09,180 --> 00:28:11,780
So they did a whole overhaul.

880
00:28:11,780 --> 00:28:14,260
So there's no visitation going on?

881
00:28:14,260 --> 00:28:16,580
Like there's no tours or?

882
00:28:16,580 --> 00:28:17,740
No, you can't step foot on it.

883
00:28:17,740 --> 00:28:20,500
Are you telling me they do that and you can't tour it?

884
00:28:20,500 --> 00:28:21,340
Yeah.

885
00:28:21,340 --> 00:28:23,900
So something noble light's most popular for it.

886
00:28:23,900 --> 00:28:27,020
I just pulled up a picture for those of us listening online,

887
00:28:27,020 --> 00:28:32,020
but is the annual Christmas lighting event

888
00:28:32,600 --> 00:28:34,340
where the lighthouse and surrounding buildings

889
00:28:34,340 --> 00:28:35,460
are framed in lights,

890
00:28:35,460 --> 00:28:37,720
but I'm not gonna talk too much about it.

891
00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:39,580
There's a lot of good information on it,

892
00:28:39,580 --> 00:28:44,180
but I'm gonna do a Christmas episode on December 23rd,

893
00:28:44,180 --> 00:28:48,460
part two of last year's where I just cover

894
00:28:48,460 --> 00:28:49,580
a couple of the lighthouses

895
00:28:49,580 --> 00:28:51,140
that we've already covered this year

896
00:28:51,140 --> 00:28:53,100
and like what they do for Christmas.

897
00:28:53,100 --> 00:28:54,940
And so we have a really good lineup this year.

898
00:28:54,940 --> 00:28:56,100
It's gonna be really good.

899
00:28:56,100 --> 00:28:57,580
Nice, exciting.

900
00:28:57,580 --> 00:29:00,460
But yeah, so they go out there, people line up.

901
00:29:02,140 --> 00:29:05,380
I think it's York is the area that's across from it.

902
00:29:05,380 --> 00:29:06,220
Okay.

903
00:29:06,220 --> 00:29:07,780
They're viewing the lighting.

904
00:29:07,780 --> 00:29:10,900
Yeah, they just view the lighting of the lighthouse.

905
00:29:10,900 --> 00:29:13,400
And they also do one in July now

906
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,880
because who's going to Maine in December?

907
00:29:19,020 --> 00:29:21,980
Or at least it's not really,

908
00:29:21,980 --> 00:29:23,820
let's hang out on the shoreline.

909
00:29:23,820 --> 00:29:25,580
Right, let's stay outside.

910
00:29:25,580 --> 00:29:28,340
Yeah, let's get some sea breeze on our faces.

911
00:29:28,340 --> 00:29:29,440
July is a little easier.

912
00:29:29,440 --> 00:29:31,500
Yeah, so a lot of people are visiting in July.

913
00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:32,740
So they're like, oh, we might as well do

914
00:29:32,740 --> 00:29:35,300
a Christmas in July event thing.

915
00:29:35,300 --> 00:29:36,580
This is gorgeous.

916
00:29:36,580 --> 00:29:37,460
They've done a great job.

917
00:29:37,460 --> 00:29:38,860
Really great photo.

918
00:29:38,860 --> 00:29:42,680
But that's noble lighthouse or Cape Nettic lighthouse.

919
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:44,900
Yeah, I'd like to see it.

920
00:29:44,900 --> 00:29:46,380
It's a shame we can't go to the island.

921
00:29:46,380 --> 00:29:47,820
I was gonna say we talked about Maine

922
00:29:47,820 --> 00:29:50,380
as one of our potential future trips.

923
00:29:50,380 --> 00:29:52,180
There's lots of potentials.

924
00:29:52,180 --> 00:29:57,060
But whoever's doing it, keeping it in shape.

925
00:29:57,060 --> 00:29:58,400
I mean, from these photos,

926
00:29:58,400 --> 00:29:59,660
it looks like it's in great shape.

927
00:29:59,660 --> 00:30:00,860
Yeah, really nice.

928
00:30:00,860 --> 00:30:03,580
Looks freshly painted and everything's taken care of.

929
00:30:03,580 --> 00:30:07,540
So I love that little oil house.

930
00:30:07,540 --> 00:30:08,900
The little oil house,

931
00:30:08,900 --> 00:30:11,300
which is over there because it's flammable, I take it.

932
00:30:11,300 --> 00:30:13,460
Yeah, let's get this as far away as possible.

933
00:30:13,460 --> 00:30:14,620
Far away from everything else.

934
00:30:14,620 --> 00:30:16,980
It just saved the Fresnel lands, but whatever.

935
00:30:16,980 --> 00:30:20,780
Well, we've had stories of oil houses burning and exploding.

936
00:30:20,780 --> 00:30:21,620
That's true.

937
00:30:21,620 --> 00:30:22,460
Never good.

938
00:30:22,460 --> 00:30:25,060
Yeah, learning from your mistakes.

939
00:30:25,060 --> 00:30:27,500
Adding walkways, oil house far away.

940
00:30:29,700 --> 00:30:31,140
Yeah, that's it.

941
00:30:31,140 --> 00:30:32,780
Nice, well, good job and thank you.

942
00:30:32,780 --> 00:30:33,620
You're welcome.

943
00:30:33,620 --> 00:30:34,860
Just a short little one for you.

944
00:30:34,860 --> 00:30:36,540
How many have we covered now in Maine?

945
00:30:36,540 --> 00:30:37,560
A couple?

946
00:30:37,560 --> 00:30:39,460
I think two or three.

947
00:30:39,460 --> 00:30:41,020
Okay, we did at least one else.

948
00:30:41,020 --> 00:30:41,860
Yeah.

949
00:30:41,860 --> 00:30:42,680
One other.

950
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:43,820
We've done two other ones.

951
00:30:45,020 --> 00:30:47,020
I just had the map pulled up one second.

952
00:30:47,020 --> 00:30:49,540
Waldo isn't in Maine, is it?

953
00:30:49,540 --> 00:30:50,660
Yes, West Quoddy.

954
00:30:50,660 --> 00:30:52,820
West Quoddy House, West Quoddy Light.

955
00:30:52,820 --> 00:30:57,020
And I'm thinking the one that were Forest Gump was also.

956
00:30:57,020 --> 00:30:57,860
Forest Gump.

957
00:30:57,860 --> 00:30:58,860
Marshall Point Lighthouse.

958
00:30:58,860 --> 00:30:59,700
Nice.

959
00:30:59,700 --> 00:31:00,520
That's the one.

960
00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:01,540
All right.

961
00:31:01,540 --> 00:31:03,180
Maine's looking strong for lighthouses.

962
00:31:03,180 --> 00:31:05,680
I know, I really wanna go.

963
00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:08,620
Portsmouth is also technically Maine, isn't it?

964
00:31:08,620 --> 00:31:09,460
Oh no.

965
00:31:09,460 --> 00:31:10,300
No.

966
00:31:10,300 --> 00:31:12,660
It's just below the main line.

967
00:31:12,660 --> 00:31:15,940
Into New Hampshire.

968
00:31:15,940 --> 00:31:16,780
Hampshire.

969
00:31:16,780 --> 00:31:18,620
Damn it.

970
00:31:18,620 --> 00:31:20,060
New York, New England.

971
00:31:20,060 --> 00:31:20,980
I don't care about geography.

972
00:31:20,980 --> 00:31:24,020
When was the last time I was in a history class?

973
00:31:24,020 --> 00:31:25,180
Never. 20 years ago.

974
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:28,260
How rude.

975
00:31:28,260 --> 00:31:31,300
I took history in college, probably freshman year.

976
00:31:31,300 --> 00:31:33,220
What history did you take in college?

977
00:31:33,220 --> 00:31:35,120
Just like a basic history class.

978
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:36,420
Pre-Silver War, that's what it was.

979
00:31:36,420 --> 00:31:38,360
Are you sure? Yeah.

980
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:39,500
What do you mean am I sure?

981
00:31:39,500 --> 00:31:40,340
I did not.

982
00:31:41,180 --> 00:31:42,420
Well, good for you.

983
00:31:43,460 --> 00:31:46,020
Mechanical engineers don't need to know history.

984
00:31:46,020 --> 00:31:47,220
We're the future.

985
00:31:47,220 --> 00:31:50,420
It was one of our KU core.

986
00:31:50,420 --> 00:31:53,340
Yeah, I took American studies, which was a mistake.

987
00:31:53,340 --> 00:31:55,160
I do not recommend that to anyone listening.

988
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,180
I think I took women's studies during one of my summers.

989
00:31:58,180 --> 00:31:59,820
I'd rather take that.

990
00:31:59,820 --> 00:32:01,300
What's American studies?

991
00:32:02,820 --> 00:32:03,660
I wanna talk about it.

992
00:32:03,660 --> 00:32:05,100
Oh, okay.

993
00:32:05,100 --> 00:32:09,460
Well, thanks everyone for joining and listening

994
00:32:09,460 --> 00:32:10,300
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995
00:32:10,300 --> 00:32:13,220
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00:32:13,220 --> 00:32:16,980
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00:32:16,980 --> 00:32:18,580
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00:32:19,980 --> 00:32:22,460
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00:32:25,100 --> 00:32:27,340
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1002
00:32:27,340 --> 00:32:28,980
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1003
00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:29,820
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1004
00:32:29,820 --> 00:32:32,300
Five stars only. Five out of 10.

1005
00:32:32,300 --> 00:32:35,020
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1006
00:32:35,020 --> 00:32:37,980
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1007
00:32:37,980 --> 00:32:39,380
Yes, so much fun.

1008
00:32:39,380 --> 00:32:40,620
So thank you all for that.

1009
00:32:40,620 --> 00:32:41,580
I appreciate it very much.

1010
00:32:41,580 --> 00:32:43,620
And people have been suggesting lighthouses

1011
00:32:43,620 --> 00:32:45,740
for us to cover, so it's really fun.

1012
00:32:45,740 --> 00:32:46,700
We always enjoy that.

1013
00:32:46,700 --> 00:32:48,940
And we are taking notes.

1014
00:32:48,940 --> 00:32:50,460
We have lists going.

1015
00:32:50,460 --> 00:32:51,820
That's right.

1016
00:32:51,820 --> 00:32:53,300
Plenty of material coming your way.

1017
00:32:53,300 --> 00:32:54,540
Yeah.

1018
00:32:54,540 --> 00:32:57,180
Well, so we hope you join us next time

1019
00:32:57,180 --> 00:32:59,580
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1020
00:32:59,580 --> 00:33:12,180
Happyunting.