Talk:Round Island Passage Light

Lighthouse?
I don't know where the thought that a structure cannot be called a "lighthouse" unless it has keeper's quarters arose, but it has poked itself up here. For the record:
 * Bowditch, certainly the most authoritative American source on navigation defines:
 * Lighthouse: A distinctive structure exhibiting a major navigational light.
 * in a three paragraph discussion, says
 * The same structure may also house a fog signal and radiobeacon equipment, and contain quarters for the keepers. (emphasis added)
 * lists the subject without distinction as a lighthouse and shows its photograph as "Round Island Passage Lighthouse"
 * uses the word "lighthouse" as generic for shore based lights
 * "Lighthouses are placed on shore or on marine sites and most often do not show lateral markings. They assist mariners in determining their position or safe course, or warn of obstructions or dangers to navigation. Lighthouses with no lateral significance usually exhibit a white light."
 * The article Lighthouse makes no such distinction.
 * Rowlett, who has 12,000 lighthouses listed on his site, explicitly calls it a "lighthouse" in two places.
 * All my British references are silent on the subject -- they tend to use the word "light" rather than "lighthouse" when speaking generically.
 * In search for the refs above, I found nothing that even hinted at the contrary position.
 * In search for the refs above, I found nothing that even hinted at the contrary position.

. . . . Jim. . . . Jameslwoodward (talk • contribs) 18:19, 12 March 2010 (UTC)