How private owners are restoring historic Chesapeake Bay lighthouses wtop.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wtop.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Thanks to enthusiastic and determined folks such as this contractor and painter from Pennsylvania, historic landmarks in the U.S. are not left to be dest.
Five anonymous bidders wanted the rusty “spark plug,” so-called for its cylinder base and 70-foot tower, three miles off the coast of Dorchester County. In the end, someone paid $192,000.