Thursday, November 12, 2026

November First Light and More

November 1, 1887: Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse, Florida was first lighted. 



November 1, 1821: Pond Island Lighthouse, Maine was first lighted.
November 3, 1871: Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, Oregon was first lighted. 

November 5, 1883: Ram Island Lighthouse, Maine was first lighted. 

November 9, 1966: Hooper Strait Lighthouse, Maryland was moved from its screwpile foundation on the Chesapeake Bay to a museum on land.


November 13, 2015: Round Island Lighthouse, Mississippi was relighted. 



November 15, 1855: Old Point Loma Lighthouse, California was first lighted. 



November 16, 1966: Nauset Beach Lighthouse, Massachusetts was moved 336 feet back from the edge of a cliff on Cape Cod.


November 22, 1963: Alcatraz Lighthouse, California was automated.


November 24, 1898: LV69 was assigned to the Diamond Shoals off the Outer Banks, North Carolina.

November 24,  1815: Grace Darling, hero of Longstone Lighthouse, England has a birthday.