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A LIGHT ON THE SHORE WHAT’S A LIGHTHOUSE?

SIDE BAR

Jonas Norberg

Have you ever been on a Ship, boat, or vessel, and in the distance noticed light coming from the shore. Well that is probably a lighthouse. A Lighthouse is a tower or building or

any structure that is designed with a system of lights to make it easier for boats for navigation.

Lighthouses are usually put on rocky coasts, or entrances to harbors.

WHY I CHOSE THIS TOPIC I chose this topic because I know lighthouses are such a huge icon of Maine, and I live in Maine, and i really never knew much about lighthouses until I started studying lighthouses

CHANGING THE FACE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE JONAS NORBERG

HENRY WINSTANLEY

Jonas Norberg was a swedish inventor who made lighthouses much better. GALE virtual library says, “Norberg designed the first flashing light used in a lighthouse. At the Korso lighthouse, he arranged clockworks to rotate two curved mirrors in order to reflect light intermittently.”

Before him There would always have to be a lighthouse keeper there would always have to be a lighthouse keeper who always

Henry Winstanley was the first man ever to build an American lighthouse, he owned two ships all until both crashed on the rocks in 1696 and were shipwrecked on the Eddystone Rocks. So Henry Winstanley decided to build a lighthouse so so that wouldn’t happen anymore on the Eddystone Rocks.He completed the lighthouse in 1698, but died 5 short years later in a storm that also destroyed his lighthouse.

had to keep adding oil to keep the light

Henry Winstanley

going, but with his invention the light itself could flash for near ships without a Lighthouse keeper

TAKING CARE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE THE LIGHTHOUSE KEEPER A lighthouse keeper is the man (or woman) who takes care of the lighthouse, he or Sociis mauris in integer, she does this by changing the oil, trimming the a dolor netus non dui aliquet, sagittis felis wick, putting in fuel, winding clockworks, sodales, dolor sociis cleaning the lenses and windows, and other mauris, vel eu libero maintenance tasks, the keeper cras. Interdum at.lighthouse Eget usually habitasse lives inelementum the house next est,to the light, so he ipsum purus pede class. can be there 24/7.

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Factbox: The famous picture of the man in a lighthouse getting submerged by a wave was an actual Lighthouse keeper named Henry Guichard

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LIGHTHOUSES TO MAINE PORTLAND HEADLIGHT Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light is at the beginning of land to the entrance of the shipping channel into Portland Harbor. Portland headlight was authorized by George Washington in the year 1791. It is still manned by the United States Coastguard, and open to the public. It is said to be the most photographed and painted lighthouse in Maine. Portland Headlight was built in 1787.

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GREAT DUCK ISLAND LIGHT THE STORY OF SEABOY In Great Duck Island Lighthouse is located just south of Mount Desert Island and the Cranberry Islands. Theres a fascinating story about Great Duck Island Light. In the book Lighthouses Of Maine it says “In a shipwreck just off of Great duck Island, the captain and his crew abandoned there ship and clambered into a long life boat. The ship’s dog attempted to jump in the lifeboat too, but didnt make it, the whole crew had thought the dog drowned. But drowned he did not. The dog made is ashore on Great Duck Island and came shivering to the door, bleeding from his head. For two years the daughter of the lighthouse keeper fed and healed the dog, she named him Seaboy. Then one day the old captain came back to the island for two days. The dog and his old master enjoyed two days together, when it was time for the captain to leave, the dog ran down to the beach to leave with him. The keepers daughter wept thinking Seaboy was gone to her. The dog heard her, and jumped back into the arms of the little girl who had nursed him back to life.”

The Pharos Of Alexandria ANCIENT LIGHTHOUSES “let there be light.” A famous saying by a mariner on a dark stormy night before the were any lighthouses invented. One of the very first lighthouses was the Pharos Of Alexandria built on the date 300BC, in the city of Egypt. The lighthouse was reported 550 feet high.

Great Duck Island Light

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Part of spee ch

Definition

Assistant of Keeper #197

noun

The assistant of the person who manages or looks after something or someone.

Beacon #prologue

noun

Bell #186

Sentence from book

Relevance or importance to topic.

Use the word in a new sentence. (your own!)

Samual Holbrook and Julian Foss, assistant of keeper, were fishing off Libby Island.

If the real keeper ever gets sick or hurt, then the assistant of the keeper takes over.

I am the Assistant Of Keeper, I am there for when he gets sick.

A fire of light set in a high position to show a signal, or message

At night, the sight of a lighthouse is like a loving kiss in the dark

Because beacons are usually on lighthouses and a re used with lighthouses

I saw the beacon through the thick fog.

noun

A hollowed object, usually made of metal, that makes a music note when you strike it

It was a tricky operation, pulling a 1,600 pound bell behind a boat

Sometimes bells are placed in shallow water, as another way of telling nearby ships.

He rang the bell as loud as he could, to let the man know.

Candle Wikipedia.co m

noun

A cylinder or block of wax or tallow with a central wick that is lit to produce light as it burns.

After the 1st century, candles or oil lamps were used in lanterns with panes of glass or horn.

Before they had electricity, they used candles as a way of light to let nearby ships know

We used candlelight, because the power was out.

Channel #1

noun

A length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water.

It marks the American side of the channel that seperates Maine and canada

Sometimes lighthouses are located on channels because they are known to be rocky, but

The channel flooded into the Black Sea

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noun

A branch of the USA government, responsible for marine law and for the protection of life and property at sea.

The coast guard sent out a tender and tried dragging to recover the body.

The Coast Guard is usually responsible for the lighthouses, and they sometimes take care of them.

Reggie wanted to be a member of the Coast Guard, so he could protect his country.

Coastline #1

noun

The outline of a coast, regard to its shape and appearance.

Between Boston and Eastport, are thousands of miles of indented coastline.

The coastline is where most of the lighthouses are, because its where the water seperates the land.

From the coastline I can see the ocean for miles.

Electricity noun National Park Service

a form of energy resulting from the existence of charged particles, either statically of charge or dynamically as a current.

At first, the lens was lit by a kerosene lamp, but later powered by electricity.

Now that there is electricity there is no use of a keeper, because he dosn’t need to keep relighting the light.

The cabin in the middle of the woods had no electricity.

Fog #193

noun

A thick cloud of tiny water droplets from the atmosphere that obscures or restricts visibility.

We had been running slowly in fog from the Halibut Rocks.

Fog sometimes is the reason for lighthouses. Fog makes it so the ship can’t see, and that is why the need lighthouses.

There was so much fog, that I couldn’t see anything.

Fog signal #101

noun

A fog signal is a station that makes a loud sound, instead of there being a

One year the fog signal blew 30 percent of the time, for a total of 2,734

Because usually before people build a lighthouse, they use fog signals to let

Charlie used a fog signal instead of a lighthouse, to let the nearby

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hours

boats knoe.

boats know that there are rocks.

Island #107

noun

A piece of land surrounded by water.

Squirrel point light was built there on the southwestern tip of the island in 1898

Sometimes Lighthouses are on an island because they are known to be rocky, and boats may not know that there is a small island nearby.

The keeper lived on the island to take care of the lighthouse

keeper #2

Noun

A person who looks after the lighthouse.

The first lighthouse keeper in America was George Lorthylake, he got paid $350 a year.

The keeper was the person who always kept the light always burning. Only before electricity.

I am the keeper of the lighthouse, I take care of it.

Lantern room Noun Wikipedia.co m

A lamp with a case protecting the flame or electric bulb, and typically having a handle by which it can be carried or hung.

The lantern room is the glassed-­in housing at the top of a lighthouse.

Lantern room is the room at the top of the lighthouse where the light is held.

Me and the lighthouse keeper went to the Lantern room to relight the beacon.

Light #126

noun

The natural thing that sight and makes things visible.

Franklin island light deserves lots of respect because its the third oldest light in maine.

Usually at the top of a lighthouse tower is a light to let ships know.

I could see light in the distance.

Lighthouse #1

noun

a tower or other structure containing a beacon light to warn or guide ships at sea.

The Lighthouses are lighthouses in the things that i’m this book begin studying in Boston and end on the Canadian

The lighthouse kept the ships from crashing.

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mainland #101

noun

A large amount of land that includes the greater part of a country or territory, it includes offshore islands and detached territories.

The first white colonists to settle on the mainland of North America knew seguin.

Most lighthouses are built on either the mainland or islands off the mainland.

Oil #187

noun

A liquid derived from petroleum, for use as a fuel or lubricant.

The light was changed before bedtime, so there would be enough oil to burn through the night.

Before electricity We used oil came they used to start our oil to keep the light car. going at the top of the tower, they now use Batteries and diesel generators.

Sea #198

noun

the expanse of salt water that covers most of the earth's

An incoming wave capsized their skiff and both men were thrown into the sea.

The sea is the reason for lighthouses, lighthouses are always next to the sea.

The sea is so big you can see it from a plane.

ship #107

noun

A vessel larger than a boat for transporting people or goods by sea.

Gorges sent his 2 ships and 120 men here in 1607 to try to establish that first colony

Lighthouses are made so ships don”t crash in the rocks.

We traveled by ship to get to Jamaica.

shipping #186

noun

A vessel larger than a boat used for transporting things.

The enormous amount of shipping in and out of Bangor, made a light on eagle island necessary.

Ships are what usually lighthouses are built for, so ships dont crash in the rocks

They traveled by ship to carry the goods.

Shipwreck #197

noun

The The shipwreck destruction of a negro, who

Sometimes this is what happens

While we were at the

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Well my sister was flying in a plane, she could see the mainland.

Lexicon Organizer By: Gibson Scott ship at sea by swam ashore sinking or just missing breaking up, in death. a storm or after running aground.

when there is NO lighthouse, because the ship didn’t know there are rocks ahead.

beach we saw an old shipwreck

Shore #198

noun

the land along the edge of a sea, lake, or other large body of water.

Three months later they found his body washed to shore.

Lighthouses are We swam along the shore of along the the ocean, so the shore. can be as close as they can.

Skiff #197

noun

a shallow, flat-­bottomed open boat with sharp bow and square stern.

The skiff was capsized by an oncoming wave.

This is usually what the keeper uses to get back to the mainland if his lighthouse is on an island.

We rode a skiff in the ocean to get to the nearby candy store.

Storm #103

noun

A violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning.

The storm also smashed Polarskis boats.

When its storming then the boats can’t see anything, so a lighthouse is very helpful to the boats.

All the sudden a storm broke out, and it was raining like cats and dogs.

Tower CA.gov

Noun

A tall narrow building, either freestanding or forming part of a building such as a church or castle.

A lighthouse

The tower can be considered the thing that is holding up the light that is long and narrow, this is the main lighthouse structure.

We went to the top of the tower to look over the city.

A ship or large boat.

Tens of thousands of vessels have turned north from Seguin to the Kennebec and

The main reason why lighthouses are built, so vessels don’t crash in the rocks.

When I was swimming at the beach, I could see a distant vesssel on the horizon

Vessels #103 noun

showing the interior structure of the lighthouse tower.

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Caldwell, Bill. Lighthouses of Maine. Portland, Me.: Gannett, 1986. Print.

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