- Herrick Cove Light is one of three lighthouses built on beautiful
Lake Sunapee in the 1890s in an effort to improve the safety
of steamboat travel. The builders were the Woodsum Brothers,
who ran the steamships that traversed the lake in its heyday
as a resort.
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- The lighthouse is owned by the State of New Hampshire's Marine Patrol
Bureau and is maintained by the Lake
Sunapee Protection Association. Herrick Cove Lighthouse
was refurbished in 1965 and more repairs were done in 1983 after
some damage by ice.
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- Local painter Paul Johnson has donated his time to repainting
one of the three lighthouses each year.
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- In October 2003 the lighthouse was lifted by helicopter off
its base for another thorough renovation. When the tower was
lifted it briefly was dunked in the lake as it turned out it
weighed more than had been expected, but it was quickly lifted
to safety in the yard of Court Cross, chair of the Lake
Sunapee Protection Association's lighthouse committee.
The crib base was overhauled and the outer wooden panels of the
lighthouse were replaced by maintenance-free panels. The tower's
appearance remained the same.
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- This lighthouse can be viewed from the deck of the public
tour boat Mt. Sunapee II.
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