Digging for the foundation for the new lighthouse


The new lighthouse being built





new lighthouse partially built


Completed


The new and the old lighthouses


The old, new lighthouses and the old whistle house,
now a cabin at Herrington Cove Cottages


The first new dwelling house under construction


Kitchen of the new dwelling house


Second new dwelling completed


New station with the two new houses from the road


New station in winter


Tearing down the old lighthouse










Removing the light apparatus

These photos were taken by Elmer Wilcox from October to December 1959. The old lighthouse was built in the fall of 1879. The first keeper was Walter Mclaughlin, and the last keeper of the old light was Ottawa Benson, his great-grandson.

Ottawa Benson lighting the lamp in the old lighthouse for the last time.


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