Delaware Bay Lighthouse Cruises
For lighthouse lovers, the exciting DELAWARE BAY LIGHTHOUSE ADVENTURES cruises are available.
Tour
Information. Departing at 1pm, the five-hour cruise will explore six lighthouses that are
only visible from the water. Visitors on the cruise will hear narration on Delaware Bay lore
and legend and information on fishing, spawning grounds and more. The tour includes a generous
buffet with shrimp, crudite’, cheese and fruit trays, and finger sandwiches.
Saturdays: September 7 and 21
These boat cruises are co-sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC) and the Cape
May Whale Watcher. To order tickets, call 609-884-5404 or 800-275-4278.
New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge 2002
Mark your calendars!! Tenative dates for the third annual Lighthouse
Challenge are October 19 and 20, 2002. Click here
for the 2001 Lighthouse Challenge pictures.
Sea Girt Gets Lens
New Jersey’s Sea Girt Lighthouse again has a Fresnel lens, something the
lighthouse hasn’t had since World War II. Unfortunately they had to spend
$20,000 to buy it and it came all the way from Australia. The committee
purchased the lens from an Australian Antiques dealer. The 40-inch high
lens came from the Crowdy Head Lighthouse in Australia where it was used
from 1920 to 1970. The lens will be put on display in the interior of the
lighthouse and the group still is looking for a Fresnel lens to put back
into its tower.
Watch the Lighthouse Tilt
The State of New Jersey is planning on installing some type of device at
Barnegat Lighthouse to detect any movement in the tower. The Army Corp of
Engineers says the lighthouse is now tilting 22 inches. The tilt is not
considered dangerous at this time, but the state wants to monitor the
structure to see if it continues on its course of tilting or if the
movement has stopped.
East Point Lighthouse Opening!!
The New Jersey Lighthouse Society has announced that the
East Point Lighthouse will be open the 3rd
Sunday of each month from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM.
Hudson River Lighthouse Series
Special guest writer Fred Fragano has sent us Parts 1 through 4 of 8 of his
series entitled "Hudson River Lights.
Little Red/Jeffery's Hook Lighthouse - Added 1/02
Tarrytown Lighthouse - Added 2/11/02
Stony Point Lighthouse - Added 4/09/02
Esopus Meadows Lighthouse - Added 5/31/02
Mystery Mug Name Irks Lighthouse Lover
Occupational Shaving Mugs were utilized in barber shops up until about the
1920's. They would bear a hand painted picture of the owner's occupation, and
usually his name, and would remain in the barbershop on the mug rack and
would be taken down and used by the barber to shave the owner of the mug.
These mugs are extremely collectible, and the pictures of the occupation:
butcher ; policeman ; wallpaper hanger, etc. are admired for their folk art
appeal as well as for good examples of collectibles of early barbershop lore.
If you were trying to think of one of the more unusual and scarce
occupations to be depicted on a shaving mug, Lighthouse Keeper would have to rank
right up there. It depicts the SHIP JOHN SHOAL LIGHT with the following
initials across the caisson: "U S L H S". The name of the mug owner and
consequently the keeper of that light, is painted across the top of the mug
as follows: "G. E. BUTLER". The painted date of 1919 is next to the name.
My question to you very astute folks out there is as follows: "Who is
G. E. BUTLER, and where was he from, New Jersey or Delaware ?" (and no, I'm
afraid I don't have the answer yet either because I haven't as yet run it
down). Apparently, information on keepers from the US Lighthouse Service is
pretty scarce. Seems to me though that someone out there might know the
family name from either side of the river...
If you have an answer or can help, please e-mail this web site,
webmaster@njshore.zzn.com or
asyouwere1918@yahoo.com
Great Book Choices
Books are only suggestions for reading. Books NOT for sale through this web site.
Contact the publisher or visit your local bookstore for more information.
- Sentinel of the Jersey Cape - The story of the Cape May Lighthouse.
John Bailey. Available from Cape Publishing: $22.95.
- Lighthouses - History and development of lighthouses in the Western world.
F. Ross Holland. Available from MetroBooks: 14.98.
- Anatomy of the Lighthouse - Examination of lighthouses - Inside and Out.
Michael J. Rhein. Available from Barnes & Noble: $24.98.
- Endangered Lighthouses - A coast to coast journey of over fifty lighthouses in peril.
Tim Harrison & Ray Jones. Available from the Globe Pequot Press: $19.95.
- Lost Lighthouses - A look at the many lost treasured sentinels of the shore.
Tim Harrison & Ray Jones. Available from the Globe Pequot Press: $17.95.
- Legendary Lighthouses - The companion to the 6 hour miniseries.
John Grant & Ray Jones. Available from the Globe Pequot Press: $24.95.
- Legendary Lighthouses II - The companion to the second 6 hour miniseries.
John Grant & Ray Jones. Available from the Globe Pequot Press: $24.95.
- Lighthouses of the World - Explore lighthouses from every country with coastline.
Available from the Globe Pequot Press: $24.95.
- Massachusetts Lighthouses: A Pictorial Guide - The title says it all.
Courtney Thompson. Available from CatNap Publications.
- New England Lighthouses Explore all of New England's Lights.
Bruce Roberts and Ray Jones. Available from the Globe Pequot Press: $19.95
- Guardians of the Lights - Stories of U.S. Lighthouse Keepers.
Elinor De Wire. Available from Sentinel Publications: $22.00
- Great American Lighthouses - Over 300 lighthouses and lightships.
F. Ross Holland. Available from Preservation Press.
- More Beautiful Lighthouses - A Pictorial Field Guide. Over 250 pictures.
John Spatuzzi.
- Images of America: Guarding New Jersey's Shore - Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations.
David Veasey. Available from Arcadia Publishing: $18.99
- Lighthouses of the Florida KeysExplore the lighthouses of the Florida Keys.
Love Dean. Available from Pineapple Press, Inc.: $18.95.
For More Lighthouse Information
Please visit the NJ Lighthouse Society's Web Site's
Event Page for more
information, events, and dates.
If you have a lighthouse event or story that you would like added to this page,
please E-mail the Web Site
Administrator.
