Towels, water, and about half a dozen Q-tips and we have a clean(er) and shiny(er) antique channel marker that was in use dating back to the 1920s! My dad got this beautiful piece of equipment from his service in the Coast Guard. As the story goes, the channel markers were being replaced with newer, lighter (plastic) markers so the old ones were in a storage room somewhere on a Coast Guard base, free for the taking for anyone who wanted one. Take a look at the one my dad took possession of…
The marker was in the ocean about 7 miles south of Key West, Florida. Here’s a map of its location.
My dad gave it to his dad (my grandfather, Pop) who then wired it so the light would come on and the wiring works to this very day, as you can see in the lighted pics above. Now it sits in my Dad’s man cave as an amazing conversation piece with a very cool history.
Do you have any antique ocean or coastal equipment? Tell me about it in the comments below!
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That is incredibly cool! We have a very old stoplight but no marine equipment. Very neat.
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I bet yours is really awesome too!
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