THEN AND NOW-----Concord Point Lighthouse, Harve de Grace, MD
I have been neglectful in posting lately.....working on my contribution to the national debt.
I figure that if our Govt. can spend us into oblivion against our wishes, then I can pop for seventy or eighty dollars for my kids and grand kids for Christmas.
The great blizzard of 2009 in the Northeast prompted me to look for a lighthouse image with snow and came up with the top image of Concord point, which I made in Jan of 1996. Not as much snow then but I think you get the idea.
The middle image shows the lighthouse on an old postcard with what was called the "Ice Gorge" of 1904. That which you see on the front and right of the image is actually ice formed in the Susquehanna River during the winter. When the seasons change great floats of ice break up in the rivers of the Northeast and flow downstream. These flows actually reform the riverbanks as they move, grinding up most anything which is unfortunate enough to be in the way.
The bottom photo is of the lighthouse sometime pre 1900. Probably 1875 or so and as with most of the current lighthouses, at least in the east, there is very little vegetation growth around the light.
Some facts about his light can be found at
http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/concord.htm
Year Light First Lit: 1827
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1975
Automated: 1920
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
Construction Materials: GRANITE BLOCKS
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 32
Original Optic: NINE LAMPS W/16" REFLECTORS
Year Original Lens Installed: 1827
Present Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 26
The light is in a delightful park bordering the juncture of the Susquehanna and Chesapeake bay and is well maintained. The snow was even ploughed when I made the photograph, and it is a delightful place to visit in any weather condition.
I have been neglectful in posting lately.....working on my contribution to the national debt.
I figure that if our Govt. can spend us into oblivion against our wishes, then I can pop for seventy or eighty dollars for my kids and grand kids for Christmas.
The great blizzard of 2009 in the Northeast prompted me to look for a lighthouse image with snow and came up with the top image of Concord point, which I made in Jan of 1996. Not as much snow then but I think you get the idea.
The middle image shows the lighthouse on an old postcard with what was called the "Ice Gorge" of 1904. That which you see on the front and right of the image is actually ice formed in the Susquehanna River during the winter. When the seasons change great floats of ice break up in the rivers of the Northeast and flow downstream. These flows actually reform the riverbanks as they move, grinding up most anything which is unfortunate enough to be in the way.
The bottom photo is of the lighthouse sometime pre 1900. Probably 1875 or so and as with most of the current lighthouses, at least in the east, there is very little vegetation growth around the light.
Some facts about his light can be found at
http://www.nps.gov/history/maritime/light/concord.htm
Year Light First Lit: 1827
Is the Light Operational? NO
Date Deactivated: 1975
Automated: 1920
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED
Construction Materials: GRANITE BLOCKS
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 32
Original Optic: NINE LAMPS W/16" REFLECTORS
Year Original Lens Installed: 1827
Present Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 26
The light is in a delightful park bordering the juncture of the Susquehanna and Chesapeake bay and is well maintained. The snow was even ploughed when I made the photograph, and it is a delightful place to visit in any weather condition.
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