For years, local historians believed the 30-foot Lighthouse Tower at Mayo Beach in Wellfleet Harbor, Cape Cod was destroyed. Yet, recent research indicates the information from an archived photo revealed the Tower was stored in Coast Guard surplus and reused as the iron Tower of Point Montara Lighthouse in California.
Local historians were surprised by [...]
After serving 39 years at Nantucket Shoals, Nantucket Lightship LV-112 has been bounced around New England and New York exchanging ownership seven times like a Yankee privateer ship escaping a British sea hunt (2).
In 1936, the British government paid $300,956 to build the largest American Lightship after their SS Olympic White Star liner sank the [...]
(Photo credit: Rob Benchley/
The Nantucket Independent)
The Blazing Star Lighthouse was lowered the final few inches onto the new foundation at 1:13 pm yesterday.
The only original(1) Lighthouse on Nantucket has been relocated 405-feet northwest inland to a safe sanctuary next to the 5th hole of Sankaty Head Golf Club. If you missed Rob Benchley’s [...]
(Photo credit: Rob Benchley/
The Nantucket Independent)
Rob Benchley is the official photographer for the move of the Blazing Star Lighthouse.
Rob has prepared a excellent online photo slideshow to chronicle this rare historic event!
Currently, Rob’s slideshow has documented the preparation work for the move and a daily update of the move will be posted at the Sconset [...]
In literally ground-breaking news, the Blazing Star of Nantucket, better known as Sankaty Head Lighthouse, will be slowly moved 390-feet to the northwest and 250-feet from Sconset bluff’s edge to a safer location inland next to the fifth hole of the Sankaty Head Golf Course.
The 450-ton brick Lighthouse will be relocated next month by [...]