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A glimpse of history on East End lighthouse tours

Originally published: August 13, 2010 1:20 PM
Updated: August 15, 2010 1:12 PM
By BETH WHITEHOUSE  beth.whitehouse@newsday.com

Quick ReadPeconic Star II, usually a fishing boat, offers closer look at lighthouses only reachable by boat.

Photo credit: Newsday/Beth Whitehouse | The Peconic Star II approaches Race Rock Lighthouse. (July 17, 2010)

Bob Allen's great grandfather was the lighthouse keeper at Long Beach Bar "Bug" Lighthouse from 1934 to 1940. Great Grandpa was trapped in Bug Light during the Hurricane of 1938 - along with Allen's father, who was helping out - when the waves off the North Fork were so fierce that their crashing knocked out the light in the tower. "That's how high the waves were breaking during the Hurricane of...