For locals, the term “lighthouse” can mean only one: Barnegat Lighthouse. The 100-year-old story of what it took to protect Old Barney should be retold, for it has its own message.
The winter storms of February 1920 had brought the ocean to within feet of the base of the lighthouse, and talk began in Washington of just letting it go and replacing it with a new tower or a lightship.
The New Jersey Courier painted a grim picture on March 5.
“Wednesday’s Philadelphia papers contained the statement that the Lighthouse Bureau would ask Congress for an…
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