They Turn the Split Rock Lighthouse on Twice a Year (Day 56)
September 14th, 2009
Once on the anniversary of its construction and once to commemorate the date of the sinking of the Ella Fitzgerald. Fine, Edmund Fitzgerald, what do I care?. “Starlit Hour” is my favorite song of hers. The boat never did much for me.
The lighthouse is a good one, located in Minnesota, north of Duluth, along the shores of Lake Superior.
And by “good lighthouse”, I mean it’s reasonably polite and a generous tipper.
The foghorn gets used more than twice a year.
Clichéed shot of spiral lighthouse staircase. Ah well.
And it even seems to be situated usefully.
Yep, lighthouse. Apparently it was featured on a stamp as one of the “Great Lighthouses of the Great Lakes” some time in the 90s. And Lake Superior is really, really big.
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