Digest>Jul/Aug 2014
Photo Caption:
When White Shoal Lighthouse was built, its entire exterior was covered with glazed white terracotta ceramic tiles, which is a type of earthenware which is a clay-based ceramic. It was hoped that the ceramic tiles would preclude the need for painting the tower. However, by the 1920s, as is evident on this Lighthouse Service inspection photo, the tiles began to buckle, crack, and some fell off. (Lighthouse Digest archives.) Back to the edition of: Jul/Aug 2014
Story:
Government Declares Seven Great Lakes Lighthouses as Excess
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