Saturday, April 29, 2023

Lady With the Light

Not to be confused with lady with the lamp, the lady with the light refers to the Statue of Liberty in her early years (1886-1902) when she was expected to perform double duty as a lighthouse. It didn't quite work out like the engineers had planned as the lights they had installed in the torch and around her base were supposed to shine a beacon 100 miles but in reality the light only reached around 24 miles. The first time the lights were lit they only stayed on for a week due to lack of funding then the lights stayed off for 2 weeks while emergency funding was found. Both the cost of the electricity and the lack of distance illuminated were deciding factors in discontinuing her lighthouse status. 

Another thought on a previous post on the 21st of this month about Early Fake News...even though times have changed what kind of person would give a six year old an ax for their birthday?

 





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