Bill Jasperson built Northwood Lighthouse, also known as “Eddystone,” in 1923 as a “drawing card” for his Northwood Subdivision. Located on the north shoreline, the light, reportedly equipped with a Fresnel lens taken from a lighthouse off Cuba, originally operated under a government license and functioned as a seasonal aid to navigation from April through November. Though the light is no longer active, it is impressive that it ever was, considering Grand Lake St. Marys is a man-made reservoir. More important than its brief career as a navigational aid is Northwood Lighthouse’s role as a monument to one of its early ancestors. The fifty-foot conical tower stands as a two-thirds scale replica of and a tribute to the famous Eddystone Lighthouse in the English Channel.
No comments:
Post a Comment