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The Little Red Lighthouse (Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse) - Modernized version - New York City

The Little Red Lighthouse (Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse) - Modernized version - New York City
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Thank you for your interest in the Little Red Lighthouse.

The Little Red Lighthouse (officially known as the Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse) is a small RL lighthouse located on the Hudson River in New York City. It was made famous by the 1942 children's book The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde Swift and Lynd Ward.

My Lighthouse:

I really enjoyed building this lighthouse. I loved the reading the story as a child and recreating it for SL brought out my inner child.

I created two versions of the lighthouse. The first, also sold here on xstreets and in world, is as authentic as I could create from researching it on the web. The light is two-sided and stationary. It flashes on for 1 second and off for 2. The second version, this one here, is a modernized version that, I believe, most people look for in a lighthouse in today's world. That model has more powerful, single, rotating beam.

The lighthouse is packaged in a rez-faux package. You should move it into place by moving the box. When you have it where you'd like, SAVE the location and then you may delete the box. If you need to move this later, note that the body, the door, and the light are three separate pieces and should be moved together. Or you could simply rez another copy and move that into place.

Commands:

In open chat, saying:

"lantern on" or "lantern" will turn on the light
"lantern off" will turn off the light

Make sure that you are within 20m of the structure. If you are further away, shouting those commands will allow control within 100m.

The story behind the lighthouse:

The lighthouse was erected in 1880 as the North Hook Beacon at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, where it stood until 1917. It was reconstructed in 1921 in its current location by the United States Bureau of Lighthouses as part of a project to improve Hudson River navigational aids, and was in operation until 1947. This replaced two 10 candlepower lanterns placed 10 feet above each other on a post overhanging the river. The 100 candlepower lantern significantly improved visibility (100 candlepower would be equivalent of a 100-300 watt lightbulb). The lamp would flash 1 second on, and 2 (or 3, depending where you read) seconds off.

The children's book uses the story of the building of the George Washington Bridge next to the small Jeffrey's Hook Lighthouse to affirm the idea that even the small are important. The book begins by introducing the lighthouse and its job of warning the boats on the busy Hudson River of the rocks nearby. Every night a man climbs up to the top of the lighthouse and turns on its flashing light. When there is fog, the man additionally turns on the lighthouse's fog bell. The lighthouse is pleased with and proud of its important job.

In the middle section of the book, the lighthouse watches, mystified, as men build a great gray bridge right next to it. When the bridge is finished, it towers above the lighthouse, which now feels small and unimportant. Even worse, one night a light begins to flash atop the bridge's tower, and the lighthouse is convinced that it is no longer needed.

That night, a storm whips up and fog clutches at the boats. But the man does not come to activate the lighthouse, confirming its fears that it will never shine again. But the boats cannot see the light high atop the bridge, and without the lighthouse's light or bell, the "fat black tug" crashes upon the rocks nearby. The bridge calls to the lighthouse, reassuring it that it is still needed, "each to his own place." The man finally arrives, complaining that some boys had stolen his keys. The lighthouse resumes its job, glad that it still has work to do. Though it now knows that it is small, it is still very proud.

abridged story can be found here: http://books.google.com/books?id=u1ok8zjpSyYC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=&f=false

I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

See my fog horn and other lighthouses here or at the Silversides Lighthouse Store, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Silversides/104/186/881/

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