Harbour Lights CURRITUCK BEACH, NC HL-436 [NEW]

Harbour Lights CURRITUCK BEACH, NC HL-436 [NEW] (image 1/1)
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ARBOUR LIGHTS LIGHTHOUSES Great Lighthouses of the World CURRITUCK BEACH, NORTH CAROLINA Harbour Lights HL-436 Open EditionSerial #A714 Introduced June 2001 W.J. Tate, keeper of Currituck Beach Light, received an unusual letter one day while tending his duties. His wife, the postmistress in Kitty Hawk, brought him his mail, noting the name on the return address - Wilbur and Orville Wright. With curiosity, he opened the letter, revealing a correspondence from the legendary brothers. The two aerial pioneers were requesting information about the local topography, curious about the birds-eye view from the tower. After disclosing their intentions to attempt human flight, keeper Tate and his wife eagerly joined in the quest, providing their assistance whenever possible. Because life at the isolated post at Currituck Beach provided little respite for its keepers, this exciting distraction was eagerly welcomed. T was plenty of work to be completed at the lighthouse. Each day the Tate's cleaned the lens, trimmed the wicks, wound the huge clock mechanism that rotated the beacon and finished all their duties in record time, hoping for a few extra minutes to donate to the flight project. For three years, they provided tools, labor, meals and moral support for the Wright Brothers. Mrs. Tate lent her treadle sewing machine to the task read more
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