Home : Blogs : Artur Urbanski : Cimpler Blog

Did you know?

Did you know that Point Montara Lighthouse on the San Mateo Count coast, California was moved there from Mayo's Beach near Wellfleet, MA on Cape Code? It was built in 1881 and "lost" approximately 80 years ago. However it actually was disassembled and moved across the country in the late 1920s. To read more please click on History comes to light, an article by Carl Nolte published in today's San Francisco Chronicle. Carl is Chronicle's staff writer. "The discovery first came to light in the Lighthouse Digest, a Maine-based magazine that is to lighthouse fans what Fortune magazine is to financiers. The digest published a story in its June issue by Colleen MacNeney, whose parents, Robert and Sandra Shanklin, have photographed every lighthouse in the United States and Puerto Rico."

Posted by Artur Urbanski on 06/14/2008 10:34 PM

Comments (2)

lighthouse, point montara, san mateo coast, bicoastal lighthouse, cape code

This post has been included in California Information San Mateo County, CA Information Montara, CA Information
Post is included in group: Realtors®
Post is included in group: The Lounge at Active Rain
Post is included in group: Everything California
Post is included in group: Localism Beta
Post is included in group: Real Estate on the Peninsula

2 Comments on Did you know?

JUN

2008

Arthur, interesting article. I would never had thought that someone would move a light house. It had to have cost more than building a replica. It is interesting to know historical facts like this.

It is quite amazing. It had to be a huge and expensive undertaking. It would be interesting to find out the reason behind. It is not that they couldn't build one at the West Coast. Thank you for the comment.

Leave a response…

Name:

Email:
(optional)

Comment:

What does the graphic say?