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."
Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT
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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.
Jun 14, 2008 05:49 PM
Cimpler Real Estate, Inc. - Burlingame, CA
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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.
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