Which lighthouse thought to be missing, was recently found at Point Montara?
I just saw this article on MSNBC and knew there would be a question about it here! It’s a fascinating historical story! Local historians for decades thought the 30-foot tall lighthouse that once overlooked Wellfleet Harbor in Cape Cod had been taken down and destroyed in 1925. But apparently it was taken apart and moved across the country to California! It was recently discovered, however, at Point Montara, 25 miles south of San Francisco. The researcher discovered correspondence that proved the lighthouse, first erected in 1881, had been moved by the Coast Guard from Wellfleet to Yerba Buena, Calif., and eventually to Point Montara. No one knows the specifics of how it was moved, but being cast iron it could have been taken apart and shipped by train, it’s surmised. http://www.msnbc.msn.
