The Lighthouse Lowdown

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:The Cutters, Boats, and Aircraft of the US Coast GuardNewport Harbor Lighthouse Christmas Lighting EventNewport Harbor Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsKeeper's Log Spring 2016

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.comReferences:Doomsday List | Lighthouse DigestGreen Island Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsPrivate Islands Inc.

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.comReferences:Green Island Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsGreen Island Light Station | USLHS Archives

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.comReferences:Gordon Lightfoot – The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Lyrics | Genius LyricsThe Cruelest Month - Edmund Fitzgerald Newsweek, November 24, 1975 | PDF | Water Transport | ViolenceTIL Gordon L

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.comReferences:Point Betsie Lighthouse | Lighthouse FriendsFriends of Point Betsie Ligh

Although this was the last lighthouse built in Connecticut, it is the first for us to cover in the state, and the first we've covered that skipped straight to 200 Watt bulbs! Avery Point Lighthouse was built by the Coast Guard in 1944 as a part of their training center, later becoming a physics laboratory for the University of Connecticut.Thank you to all who left us reviews! Merch (and a giveaway) is coming your way.References:Avery Point Light | American Lighthouse FoundationAvery Point