St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum has a competely different focus than the Ponce De Leon Inlet Light Station. While the Ponce Light Station exhibition centered around the lens and operation of a lighthouse, the St Augustine Lighthouse museum has more information on shipping, ship wrecks, shrimp fishing and marketing shrimp. The history of the Coast Guard was well displayed also.
Three floors of the Lighthouse Keepers home was gutted and restored after a fire. The basement floor had a video and map information on the latest discovery of a ship wreck just off a sandbar on the coast. They had retrieved a pot with square handles. Treatment to remove the ocean cement will take about one year but the speculation is, it dates back to the seventeen hundreds. On the museum grounds, they had two canons undergoing the same kind of ocean cement removal treatment. There are a few reproductions of smaller boats that transport sailors from the main ship to shore, being built on the property also.
Both Janet and I have had experience with ghosts while on assignment. The Lighthouse Ghost Tour wasn't available while I was visiting but I'm sure we would both sign up for it if we could connect at the same time.
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