Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia is a photograph by Tom Wilder which was uploaded on April 16th, 2014.
Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia
Peggy's Point Lighthouse Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia. In any case, it was decided to erect a light to mark the eastern entrance to St. Margaret's Bay in... more
by Tom Wilder
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Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia
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Tom Wilder
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Peggy's Point Lighthouse Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia. In any case, it was decided to erect a light to mark the eastern entrance to St. Margaret's Bay in 1868. While best known as "the Peggy's Cove Lighthouse", it was and remains, officially know as the Peggy's Point Lighthouse as its purpose is to mark the point, not the cove. The cove has its own small light on the government wharf. The first lighthouse was a wooden tower, built atop a keeper's dwelling at the point. It was a red light and used a catoptric reflector (a round silver-plated mirror) to magnify the kerosene oil lamp.
The wooden tower, built atop a keeper's dwelling was replaced by the present tower in 1915, a pleasing and stout concrete octagon 50 feet west of the original light. The keeper's dwelling remained for many years nearby as did a tall flagpole displaying coded black cones and balls to warn of bad weather approaching. The new lighthouse showed a white light from a dioptric lens, a series of glass prisms, to magnify the light. Several colour and character changes followed, the most recent being the change from white to green in 1979. Another very visible change (which helps date earlier colour photos) was in 1969 when the iron lantern on top of the tower was changed from white paint to red paint. REF nlps.com
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