ARLA/CLUSTER: EUA já tem 200 registos para o ILLW 2015

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

LLW USA entry number 200

The prestigious 200th entry in the International Lighthouse and
Lightship Weekend in August goes to the Point Fermin lighthouse built
in 1874 of lumber from California redwoods.

The US Coast Guard Auxilliary will put it on air as W6A. The square
cylindrical wood tower rising from a 2-storey wood Italianate
Victorian keeper's house has a very interesting history.

In 1941 it was extinguished due to the Pearl Harbor bombing, amid
fears that the light would serve as a beacon for enemy planes and
ships.

In 2002, at a cost $2.6 million it was restored, is on the National
Register of Historic Places and open to the public.

Point Fermin takes the number of US entries in the ILLW to 23. There
are more than 200 from 23 countries with four months to the fun-event
on August 15-16.

A dedicated website with an online registration form and past reports
is at:www.illw.net


Jim Linton VK3PC