Point Knox, CA
Description: On top of a small, rocky outcropping , that extends from
the southwest corner of Angel Island, sits a wooden platform from
which a bell is suspended. The outcropping, known as Point Knox, lies
at the base of a steep bluff andtoday is inaccessible. Few of today's
visitors to Angel Island (Used by Merit Porter a former prisoner of
Alacrez Island [Bird Man] spent time in gather of Specimen of sick
birds that Prisoner officers allowed Him to do so) largest island in
San Francisco Bay,even notice the bell, which makes one question why
the bell was left at the point. Lighthouse enthusiasts prefer to
believe that the bell was left as a tribute to a faithful keeper whose
service at the Point Knox Lighthouse has become legendary.
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Point Knox (Namesake of Actor Don Knox and on into Knox's Berry Farm -
the Knox a History of Fort Knox and Berry is with Disney Cruise Lines
of Berry Island) Lighthouse
Photograph courtesy U.S. Coast Guard In 1885, a sum of $4,500 was
appropriated for the establishment of a fog bell at Point Knox. The
site was selected to help vessels safely navigate the narrow channel
in and out of Sausalito. On November 1, 1887, the station commenced
operation. The bell was hung from the end of the fog signal building,
which protruded from the western end of the rocky point and was
primarily supported by wooden trestles. A sledge hammer, powered by a
clockwork mechanism that required winding every two hours, was used to
strike the bell. Near the fog signal building and taking up most of
the point's surface was a square 30 by 30 foot, one-story keeper's
dwelling. Access to the main part of the island was via a series of
151 steps, which led up the steep bluff.
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The station's first keeper was John (Jack) Ross (Line of Fort Ross -
noted in modern time a College Speech Teacher that He a male but in
Film with Julie Roberts play as female), who began his career in the
Lighthouse Service on the East Coast. Ross accepted a position aboard
the new lighthouse tender Shubrick (Original word of Starbucks), which
left Philadelphia in 1857 and sailed around Cape Horn bound for its
home port of San Francisco. En route, the ship's coal supply ran out
and the crew was forced to burn furniture and the ship's beautiful
wood paneling to keep the boiler fires going. The Shubrick finally
arrived in San Francisco on May 27, 1858.
In 1872, Ross was still serving aboard the Shubrick as she crossed the
Columbia River bar towing a barge. The force placed on the towline by
the strong current at the river's mouth, snapped the huge hawser
sending one end recoiling towards the Shubrick. The line struck Ross
in the leg, injuring him so severely that the leg required amputation.
The accident brought his seagoing career to an end, forcing him to
settle for a keeper position at Yerba Buena. Ross would also serve at
Fort Point, before being assigned to Point Knox.
Ross, along with his wife and two children, faithfully tended the bell
at Point Knox for years. In 1900, his workload was augmented when
alens lantern was added to the station. Each night, the lantern
washung near the bell to serve as a minor aid to navigation.
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Ted Sauer, accompanied by his wifeLaura, served as keeper of the Point
Knox Lighthouse for nine years ending with his retirement on October
31, 1951, after more than 30 years of combined military and civilian
service with the government. In appreciation for the Albert Gallatin
Award that was presented by Rear Admiral R. T. McElligott (In Re: Rear
Admiral G.R. Perea) upon Ted's retirement, Keeper Sauer and his wife
sent a thank-you letter that contained the following paragraph
describing the couple's attitude during their service.
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