#foweyrockslighthouse

#Onthisday in 1908 2nd Assistant Robert Hamilton Thompson was transferred to #FoweyRocksLighthouse. Also a very sad day in 1935 when beloved wife and mother Fannie Gray Knight passed away at a hospital in #Miami. Her health had been very poor for quite a while with husband Thomas recording in the Log many trips to bring #doctors; and missing watches so he could tend to her. She was only 56. #RIP (photo courtesy of #browardcountypubliclibrary) #hillsborobeach #pompanobeach #lighthousepoint #florida #lighthouse #history (at Hillsboro Lighthouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByH3UURHFIM/?igshid=rdql07ynr3cw

In the pre-GPS days, this was the high tech navigation system that ships used. When you see old photos of the lighthouse station you may see the tall antenna which was part of a radio beacon system. These beacons were part of many lighthouses; #Poncelighthouse to the north and #FoweyRocksLighthouse to the south for example. Each would emit a certain Morse code signal letter 6x/hour. Hillsboro broadcast the letter “Q” which was two dashes, a dot and a dash. Ships would receive the signal and using their charts would be able to triangulate their position. It was #onthisday in 1944 that the radio beacon at #HillsboroLighthouse first began operation. (Antenna pic courtesy of #USCG Historian) #pompanobeach #hillsborobeach #gps #radio #radiobeacon #florida #navigation #ships #ocean #lighthouse #Morsecode (at Hillsboro Lighthouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/BweiXYZn_uv/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1vmm0hqkg2qcy

Fowey Rocks Lighthouse recorded sustained hurricane-force winds during Irma.