Trinity Shoal Light

The site was some 20 miles (32 km) away from the nearest land, and contractors had great difficulty in laying the foundation for a tower.

It was decided that workers would be housed in a shelter on a platform on the site; this was finally completed in 1873 and work began in earnest.

The lighthouse tender attached to the site, which was carrying most of the materials needed to build the tower, was wrecked; her crew were rescued by a nearby steamer.

Although it was decided that the workmen should remain on station, on November 18 the continued rough weather destroyed their quarters and scattered the 16 men into the sea.

As a result of the weather troubles, the Lighthouse Board decided that a tower was no longer needed on the shoal, and called off construction.