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Just wondering about the Mooring section on this page. I recently read The Lighthouse Stevensons by Bella Bathurst and I didn't get the impression from that book that Stevenson invented the mushroom anchor. What is the source for the claim that Stevenson invented the mushroom anchor?

As an aside, I wanted to add that I've often heard it said that many lightships were converted from old whale catchers. Is this true? ▫Bad▫harlick♠ 15:04, 22 January 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Lightship No. 61 "Corsica Shoals" on Lake Huron

In Shipwrecks of the 1913 Great Lakes storm there is an omission. This lightship was destroyed on Lake Huron.[1] It isn't listed, and it obviously should be. It's being offsite was a contributing factor in the loss of the Matthew Andrews, which is listed. [2] See also Huron Lightship. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 20:57, 13 April 2008 (UTC) Stan

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ U.S. Coast Guard on lighthouses and lightships.
  2. ^ Barcus, Frank, Freshwater Fury: Yarns and Reminiscences of the Greatest Storm in Inland Navigation, (1986: Wayne State University Press) 166 pages. ISBN 0-8143-1828-2.