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Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00789R0012001700¢ Flash From _ The Past Delaware’s Fenwick Island Lighthouse, just north of Ocean City, Maryland, sur- veys a coast far different from the one it served in the 19th century. The sailing ships it once warned off the Fenwick shoals are no more. The Atlantic Ocean waters to the east are no longer a pressing maritime | danger, and houses, motels, and develop- ment populate-the once-empty land sur- rounding it. Still, its light burns on, flashing memories out to sea, out to any- one with an eye turned toward the past. Built of brick in 1858-59, the white, 89-foot-tall lighthouse used whale oil, lard oil, mineral oil, and then later kerosene to keep its light strong and steady. The light- house keepers lived in two small cottages that stood nearby, making sure the light never winked out. Today, an electric light blinks a message out to the dark, rolling ocean. Although its warning is outdated, the lighthouse is now owned by the state and maintained by the Friends of the Fenwick Island Lighthouse, a nonprofit organization. The Friends also operate a museum at its base during spe- cific summer hours and by appointment. The keepers’ cottages still stand at the base, but there’s another unusual feature “there,. also. A’ stone “marker, ... leaning. | slightly. askew, bears the colonial-crests-of *, “Lord Baltimore and William Penn, This: ‘weathered stone is the first marker of the - Trarispeninsular Line. Although it’s been mistakenly called part of the Mason-Dixon | ‘Line, local historians will tell you that colo- nial surveyors placed this marker in the - ground in April 1751, some 12 to 13 years - | before © Charles. Mason. and. ‘Jeremiabsy ~~; |: Dixon even ‘set foot here. : oy = Using the marker as a starting point | surveyors marked a 70-mile line across the. ‘peninsula from Fenwick Island to ‘Taylo: | Island on Chesapeake Bay. They later: up 5-mile marker stones for 35 miles midpoint along this Transpeninsular Li In the 1700's, this line, from mid the Fenwick’ Island. Lighthouse. CPYRGHT S| three lower counties, those desti | become Delaware, As a proud Delawar history. buff ‘will say of the ve rabl _ marker, “It’s about the oldest’ atker any: ighthouse ‘is just-off. State 1,” ia”: in Fenwick Island..To learn more.” af his -historic““spot,- write “to -the: Friends of the Fenwick Island Lighthouse, . A | Box 6; Selbyville, Delaware 19975; or call. (301) 524-9098 ‘in the ‘summer and (302): 436-8410 during other seasons.” , + mf Approved For Release 2001/03/07. 1 SON TOM ZOU