HOOPERS
STRAITS LIGHTHOUSE
1877
Colonel
Harwood, Chesapeake Bay Lighthouse engineer has
reported
further particulars relative to the Hoopers Straits light
which
was
lately carried away by ice. Steamers Tulip and Heliottope
from
Norfolk
have saved everything in the way of metal that could be
reached
including the lantern, ventorlators, copper stack, and
the
fog
bell, and that no more can be done at present since the
structure
is
ice bound. The structure sits up straight in the waters of
the bay
with
half of the roof missing.
Colonel
Harwood, after a visit to many of the Chesapeake lights,
said
the heavy drifts of ice against the screw pile beacons
vibrated
so
the oil was shaken out of the lanterns but feels confident
that every
screw
pile beacon is soildly built and can resist any ice that
can be
set
against them.
Abstract:
Baltimore Sun, January 27, 1877
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