Bob and Sandra Shanklin/Lighthouse Digest: The Point Montara lighthouse in California in 2006
WELLFLEET, Mass. — A Cape Cod lighthouse thought to be destroyed more than 80 years ago has reappeared — in California.
Local historians for decades believed the 30-foot-tall lighthouse that once overlooked Wellfleet Harbor had been demolished in 1925.
But researchers learned the fate of the cast iron tower last year. Colleen MacNeney, whose parents have snapped pictures of every lighthouse in the country, reported the find in this month's edition of Lighthouse Digest.