1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,580 Hi everyone, I'm Emily. 2 00:00:01,580 --> 00:00:02,420 And I'm Vince. 3 00:00:02,420 --> 00:00:05,380 And this is the Lighthouse Lowdown. 4 00:00:05,380 --> 00:00:09,380 ["The Lighthouse Lowdown Theme"] 5 00:00:09,380 --> 00:00:12,380 ["The Lighthouse Lowdown Theme"] 6 00:00:12,380 --> 00:00:13,380 ["The Lighthouse Lowdown Theme"] 7 00:00:13,380 --> 00:00:15,100 Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. 8 00:00:15,100 --> 00:00:16,900 The name of my lighthouse today 9 00:00:16,900 --> 00:00:19,020 is so close to the name of another lighthouse 10 00:00:19,020 --> 00:00:20,780 that has like four different names. 11 00:00:20,780 --> 00:00:23,140 Okay, I'm curious about the other one 12 00:00:23,140 --> 00:00:25,360 that has four names and the one you're talking about. 13 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,860 I know. And are you skipping a buoy? 14 00:00:27,860 --> 00:00:28,860 No, I haven't. 15 00:00:28,860 --> 00:00:30,220 It's just the first thing I thought of 16 00:00:30,220 --> 00:00:31,060 when I looked at my notes. 17 00:00:31,060 --> 00:00:33,980 Because originally I wrote it like the other lighthouse 18 00:00:33,980 --> 00:00:35,660 and then I was like, wait a minute, that's not right. 19 00:00:35,660 --> 00:00:37,660 It's not toor-leet-us. 20 00:00:37,660 --> 00:00:39,500 Toor-leet-us. 21 00:00:39,500 --> 00:00:41,060 Toor-leet-us. 22 00:00:41,060 --> 00:00:43,060 I hope anyone knows what we're talking about. 23 00:00:43,060 --> 00:00:45,180 Yeah, well, if they care about us at all, 24 00:00:45,180 --> 00:00:47,260 they would have listened to our last. 25 00:00:47,260 --> 00:00:48,880 If you listened to the last episode. 26 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:50,780 But anyway, the other lighthouse is on my list. 27 00:00:50,780 --> 00:00:53,260 My list is like 15 lighthouses long now. 28 00:00:53,260 --> 00:00:55,060 So it's getting a little out of control. 29 00:00:55,060 --> 00:00:56,300 You're longer than mine. 30 00:00:56,300 --> 00:00:58,500 I've got like three or four. 31 00:01:00,020 --> 00:01:01,420 That's what she said. 32 00:01:01,420 --> 00:01:03,000 All right, and continuing. 33 00:01:06,140 --> 00:01:09,940 We have a, not that anyone cares, but just for trivia. 34 00:01:09,940 --> 00:01:13,140 We have a pre-flight checklist that I came up with 35 00:01:13,140 --> 00:01:15,540 to help us make sure we've got everything ready 36 00:01:15,540 --> 00:01:18,420 before we hit record and start talking to you all. 37 00:01:18,420 --> 00:01:22,060 Because last time we didn't record our screen for YouTube. 38 00:01:22,060 --> 00:01:23,980 And so it was just like a disaster. 39 00:01:23,980 --> 00:01:25,300 Yeah, it makes it more difficult. 40 00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:30,300 But number one thing on the pre-flight checklist is coffee. 41 00:01:30,420 --> 00:01:33,420 So just so you all know, it's very critical to our. 42 00:01:33,420 --> 00:01:34,700 We're staying on brand. 43 00:01:34,700 --> 00:01:36,700 To our brand, that's right. 44 00:01:36,700 --> 00:01:39,540 You don't want to hear us without coffee. 45 00:01:39,540 --> 00:01:42,380 I only just started sipping, so it's kind of what it is. 46 00:01:43,980 --> 00:01:45,540 So what's the buoy for today? 47 00:01:45,540 --> 00:01:48,540 All right, history buoy is riprap. 48 00:01:48,540 --> 00:01:50,700 Because we haven't officially covered that. 49 00:01:50,700 --> 00:01:52,020 And that's the name of our studio. 50 00:01:52,020 --> 00:01:52,860 We didn't? 51 00:01:52,860 --> 00:01:53,700 No. 52 00:01:53,700 --> 00:01:58,300 So maybe we should talk about it so that. 53 00:01:58,300 --> 00:02:03,300 We talked about it in our, gosh, our trivia episode. 54 00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:05,660 It was one of the questions. 55 00:02:05,660 --> 00:02:07,180 Okay, with Dylan? 56 00:02:07,180 --> 00:02:08,500 Yeah. 57 00:02:08,500 --> 00:02:11,380 So I've mentioned what the definition is, 58 00:02:11,380 --> 00:02:13,420 but haven't gone into detail. 59 00:02:14,620 --> 00:02:15,860 So it's riprap. 60 00:02:15,860 --> 00:02:18,120 There's no space in between if you're American. 61 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:21,580 If you're British, then there is a space in between. 62 00:02:21,580 --> 00:02:22,420 Wow. 63 00:02:22,420 --> 00:02:26,660 If you're British, which is relevant to our episode today, 64 00:02:26,660 --> 00:02:30,620 it can also be called shot rock, rock armor, or rubble. 65 00:02:30,620 --> 00:02:31,740 Rock armor is awesome. 66 00:02:31,740 --> 00:02:32,900 I like all of those words. 67 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:34,540 Yeah, I think rock armor is the coolest. 68 00:02:34,540 --> 00:02:35,900 Shot rock. 69 00:02:35,900 --> 00:02:38,460 Spelled with a U because we're British. 70 00:02:38,460 --> 00:02:42,100 So how do you spell riprap in English, 71 00:02:42,100 --> 00:02:42,940 in American English? 72 00:02:42,940 --> 00:02:45,260 R-I-P, R-A-P. 73 00:02:45,260 --> 00:02:47,580 Okay, so it's not rap with a W-R-A-P. 74 00:02:47,580 --> 00:02:48,420 No. 75 00:02:48,420 --> 00:02:52,580 It's rap as in Tupac and Biggie. 76 00:02:52,580 --> 00:02:53,420 Exactly. 77 00:02:53,420 --> 00:02:54,260 All right. 78 00:02:54,260 --> 00:02:58,340 So riprap is just human placed rock or other material 79 00:02:58,340 --> 00:03:02,500 that's used to protect shorelines, bridges, streams, 80 00:03:02,500 --> 00:03:06,060 or other infrastructure against water erosion. 81 00:03:06,060 --> 00:03:09,020 So obviously that comes into play a lot with lighthouses 82 00:03:09,020 --> 00:03:12,540 because they're often on the coast, sometimes in the water, 83 00:03:12,540 --> 00:03:14,740 and riprap is super important 84 00:03:14,740 --> 00:03:16,780 when they're actually in the water. 85 00:03:16,780 --> 00:03:19,740 Common materials for this are granite, concrete, 86 00:03:19,740 --> 00:03:22,700 well, granite and usually concrete, 87 00:03:22,700 --> 00:03:25,740 and they either do it like modular pieces 88 00:03:25,740 --> 00:03:30,740 that they make to be riprap or they just turn waste concrete 89 00:03:31,580 --> 00:03:34,060 from construction into rubble and then use that. 90 00:03:34,060 --> 00:03:34,900 Nice. 91 00:03:34,900 --> 00:03:36,140 I have pictures of all of these, 92 00:03:36,140 --> 00:03:39,140 so go to our YouTube so you can see what I'm talking about. 93 00:03:39,140 --> 00:03:40,580 I don't have it up yet, but I will. 94 00:03:40,580 --> 00:03:42,460 Yeah, no, that's cool. 95 00:03:42,460 --> 00:03:43,300 That's interesting. 96 00:03:43,300 --> 00:03:45,460 I looked up riprap a while ago. 97 00:03:45,460 --> 00:03:47,460 I don't recall why I looked it up, 98 00:03:47,460 --> 00:03:49,380 but I found in my search, 99 00:03:49,380 --> 00:03:51,860 I had to look up lighthouse riprap to figure it out 100 00:03:51,860 --> 00:03:54,820 because riprap is also used for construction 101 00:03:54,820 --> 00:03:58,300 and landscaping term for the same heavy rock 102 00:03:58,300 --> 00:03:59,980 to help fight erosion. 103 00:03:59,980 --> 00:04:02,500 Yeah, so here's an example of riprap 104 00:04:02,500 --> 00:04:06,300 on the edge of a body of water to help against erosion. 105 00:04:07,220 --> 00:04:10,580 This one's just rubble, so it's just leftover concrete 106 00:04:10,580 --> 00:04:14,100 from some construction site or something 107 00:04:14,100 --> 00:04:15,700 that they shipped over. 108 00:04:15,700 --> 00:04:20,580 And this is like drainage systems use it 109 00:04:20,580 --> 00:04:23,380 so that the constant stream of water from drainage 110 00:04:23,380 --> 00:04:28,140 doesn't eat away at the soil and mess up. 111 00:04:28,140 --> 00:04:28,980 That looks brand new. 112 00:04:28,980 --> 00:04:29,820 It's very clean riprap. 113 00:04:29,820 --> 00:04:30,660 Very fancy. 114 00:04:32,020 --> 00:04:34,180 Really, really nice riprap. 115 00:04:34,180 --> 00:04:36,980 This one is the modular riprap I was talking about. 116 00:04:36,980 --> 00:04:37,940 Very cool. 117 00:04:37,940 --> 00:04:40,020 They have a bunch of different types. 118 00:04:40,020 --> 00:04:43,540 This is the one that I thought looked more like a video game 119 00:04:43,540 --> 00:04:44,820 when things mess up. 120 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:47,180 You can become digitized. 121 00:04:47,180 --> 00:04:49,460 Yeah, so I thought that was cool. 122 00:04:49,460 --> 00:04:51,500 There's lots of them you can look up online. 123 00:04:51,500 --> 00:04:53,220 This is in Japan, I believe. 124 00:04:53,220 --> 00:04:55,780 Oh, wow, see this looks German. 125 00:04:55,780 --> 00:04:57,460 It's very orderly and neat. 126 00:04:57,460 --> 00:04:58,980 If you look at the top of the rock over there, 127 00:04:58,980 --> 00:05:00,620 it's very Japanese. 128 00:05:00,620 --> 00:05:03,260 Also, I think the only German coast is the North Coast, 129 00:05:03,260 --> 00:05:04,660 and I don't think it looks a lot like that. 130 00:05:04,660 --> 00:05:06,020 Oh, okay. 131 00:05:06,020 --> 00:05:06,860 Is it beachy? 132 00:05:09,340 --> 00:05:12,620 I've actually, so I've never been up there, step one, 133 00:05:12,620 --> 00:05:15,460 but I think there are lots of rivers 134 00:05:15,460 --> 00:05:18,620 and like not swamp land, but transition land. 135 00:05:18,620 --> 00:05:20,220 I don't think there's like a hard coast. 136 00:05:20,220 --> 00:05:21,460 I think it's a transition. 137 00:05:21,460 --> 00:05:24,780 I see, kind of like a archipelago type of thing? 138 00:05:24,780 --> 00:05:25,620 I think so. 139 00:05:25,620 --> 00:05:26,460 Okay. 140 00:05:26,460 --> 00:05:27,780 I have to look closer. 141 00:05:27,780 --> 00:05:29,700 Oh my gosh, I'm sorry, I'm still looking at this photo, 142 00:05:29,700 --> 00:05:33,780 and I just noticed for scale, the boat in the bottom. 143 00:05:33,780 --> 00:05:34,620 Yeah. 144 00:05:34,620 --> 00:05:35,460 It's like a patrol boat. 145 00:05:35,460 --> 00:05:38,340 I was thinking much, much smaller. 146 00:05:38,340 --> 00:05:41,380 Yeah, these modular, these pieces are enormous. 147 00:05:41,380 --> 00:05:44,780 And that's part of the thing is riprap is actually expensive. 148 00:05:44,780 --> 00:05:49,260 Like even if you buy waste rubble from a construction site, 149 00:05:49,260 --> 00:05:52,580 it's still, you have to transport tons and tons, 150 00:05:52,580 --> 00:05:56,900 like thousands of tons of rock just to make riprap. 151 00:05:56,900 --> 00:05:59,100 So the transportation itself is very expensive. 152 00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:01,860 But I'm pretty sure I saw online that on average, 153 00:06:01,860 --> 00:06:05,420 riprap costs like $60 per square yard 154 00:06:05,420 --> 00:06:07,500 when everything's said and done. 155 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:09,340 So total. 156 00:06:09,340 --> 00:06:10,460 $60 per square yard. 157 00:06:10,460 --> 00:06:11,460 That's expensive. 158 00:06:12,380 --> 00:06:13,220 Wow. 159 00:06:13,220 --> 00:06:14,060 I know. 160 00:06:14,060 --> 00:06:16,700 I'm pretty sure one of these things is a square yard. 161 00:06:18,500 --> 00:06:19,340 Maybe. 162 00:06:19,340 --> 00:06:22,020 I say cubic yard because I'm thinking of like concrete. 163 00:06:22,020 --> 00:06:24,180 Like when we were engineering. 164 00:06:24,180 --> 00:06:26,140 I just had to think about it and I think you're right. 165 00:06:26,140 --> 00:06:29,020 Well, it depends if you're surface or volume. 166 00:06:29,980 --> 00:06:31,500 Either way, sorry to interrupt so much. 167 00:06:31,500 --> 00:06:33,740 Coffee's coming after me. 168 00:06:33,740 --> 00:06:35,780 Lighthouses in the water often have riprap 169 00:06:35,780 --> 00:06:38,820 to protect them from waves and also as an armor 170 00:06:38,820 --> 00:06:41,300 against like grinding ice sheets. 171 00:06:41,300 --> 00:06:43,740 So if we talk about like standard rock, 172 00:06:43,740 --> 00:06:45,620 it could really benefit from some riprap. 173 00:06:45,620 --> 00:06:50,620 It couldn't because it's just perched on a reef. 174 00:06:51,140 --> 00:06:53,780 So you wouldn't be able to pile anything up against it 175 00:06:53,780 --> 00:06:55,300 because there's nothing to pile on. 176 00:06:55,300 --> 00:06:58,220 But that's kind of the idea is that if riprap was there, 177 00:06:58,220 --> 00:07:00,260 the ice sheets would not be hitting the lighthouse. 178 00:07:00,260 --> 00:07:01,260 They'd be hitting the riprap 179 00:07:01,260 --> 00:07:03,260 and it kind of dispersed that energy. 180 00:07:03,260 --> 00:07:05,140 So here's a. 181 00:07:05,140 --> 00:07:06,420 I know that lighthouse. 182 00:07:06,420 --> 00:07:08,580 I had another picture and now I don't have it. 183 00:07:08,580 --> 00:07:09,900 That's Chicago. 184 00:07:09,900 --> 00:07:13,100 But an example of having riprap against, 185 00:07:13,100 --> 00:07:18,100 actually this is the one, against waves and ice 186 00:07:18,100 --> 00:07:20,320 is Round Island Lighthouse 187 00:07:20,320 --> 00:07:24,460 and this is them adding riprap into 2020. 188 00:07:24,460 --> 00:07:26,740 And it was like, there was a lot of suspense. 189 00:07:26,740 --> 00:07:27,900 People were very concerned 190 00:07:27,900 --> 00:07:30,360 that they were gonna lose the lighthouse this year. 191 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:34,660 This is in Michigan so obviously lots of ice happening. 192 00:07:34,660 --> 00:07:37,100 And winter was approaching and they were trying to fundraise 193 00:07:37,100 --> 00:07:39,980 to buy the riprap to put it around the lighthouse. 194 00:07:39,980 --> 00:07:43,020 And so there was like this big moment 195 00:07:43,020 --> 00:07:46,220 where the riprap pulled away from the harbor 196 00:07:46,220 --> 00:07:47,700 and everyone was like, oh, 197 00:07:47,700 --> 00:07:49,500 it's like this collective sigh of relief 198 00:07:49,500 --> 00:07:51,380 that it was finally happening. 199 00:07:51,380 --> 00:07:52,220 Kind of fun. 200 00:07:52,220 --> 00:07:53,060 It's awesome. 201 00:07:53,060 --> 00:07:53,880 Should cover this one. 202 00:07:53,880 --> 00:07:55,180 A crane on a barge. 203 00:07:55,180 --> 00:08:00,180 That's no doubt took another crane to load the riprap on. 204 00:08:00,220 --> 00:08:01,060 Definitely. 205 00:08:01,060 --> 00:08:02,580 Probably from a truck. 206 00:08:02,580 --> 00:08:03,660 That's pretty wild. 207 00:08:03,660 --> 00:08:04,620 Yeah. 208 00:08:04,620 --> 00:08:06,660 A lot of handling for a lot of weight. 209 00:08:06,660 --> 00:08:07,620 So that's a good example. 210 00:08:07,620 --> 00:08:09,260 That's Round Island Lighthouse 211 00:08:09,260 --> 00:08:11,140 if anyone wants to take a look. 212 00:08:11,140 --> 00:08:13,500 Sometimes riprap can be used as a bridge, 213 00:08:13,500 --> 00:08:15,020 like as a way to get to the lighthouse 214 00:08:15,020 --> 00:08:18,540 and also as a blockage of water, 215 00:08:18,540 --> 00:08:20,700 especially for like the passage of ships. 216 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:21,860 And so that's kind of what happened 217 00:08:21,860 --> 00:08:23,780 with Chicago Harbor Lighthouse 218 00:08:23,780 --> 00:08:25,520 is they blocked off part of the harbor 219 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:27,940 from being passed by ships using riprap 220 00:08:27,940 --> 00:08:30,240 so that you would have to pass through the opening 221 00:08:30,240 --> 00:08:33,700 of the harbor instead of going around, you know? 222 00:08:33,700 --> 00:08:34,540 Yeah. 223 00:08:34,540 --> 00:08:36,940 And you see there's a ladder onto the riprap 224 00:08:36,940 --> 00:08:40,500 so it's kind of like used as a access point. 225 00:08:40,500 --> 00:08:41,580 Oh wow. 226 00:08:41,580 --> 00:08:44,380 So the Chicago, 227 00:08:44,380 --> 00:08:46,820 I assume there's a lot of answers to a lot of questions 228 00:08:46,820 --> 00:08:50,100 but this particular case, do you know, 229 00:08:50,100 --> 00:08:55,100 is that for emergency use, the riprap byway, 230 00:08:55,260 --> 00:08:56,900 I guess I'll call it the riprap bridge 231 00:08:56,900 --> 00:08:58,380 because it's quite long and precarious. 232 00:08:58,380 --> 00:09:00,660 Yeah, it's not that it's like emergency use. 233 00:09:00,660 --> 00:09:03,620 I think they, I'm actually almost certain 234 00:09:03,620 --> 00:09:06,100 that they would use a boat to get out there 235 00:09:06,100 --> 00:09:08,060 mainly because like you can take boat tours 236 00:09:08,060 --> 00:09:10,100 that go right up next to this lighthouse 237 00:09:10,100 --> 00:09:12,720 so it's obviously accessible by boat 238 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,060 more than walking across this. 239 00:09:14,060 --> 00:09:16,480 And you as a civilian or a normal human, 240 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:19,880 you can't walk on here because it's private property 241 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,160 or whatever, you know, government property. 242 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:25,700 But obviously you could pull like a boat up next to it 243 00:09:25,700 --> 00:09:28,740 and climb on like they obviously have thought about using it 244 00:09:28,740 --> 00:09:31,860 as a way to get on because they have this little access point. 245 00:09:31,860 --> 00:09:33,700 That might be another ladder I see, 246 00:09:33,700 --> 00:09:35,140 can't tell on the front side. 247 00:09:35,140 --> 00:09:37,700 Yeah, that's where boats I think get on. 248 00:09:37,700 --> 00:09:38,540 That's awesome. 249 00:09:38,540 --> 00:09:41,620 So we saw this lighthouse from Navy Pier. 250 00:09:41,620 --> 00:09:43,060 So this photo is a great photo, 251 00:09:43,060 --> 00:09:45,220 looks like a drone photo I'm guessing. 252 00:09:45,220 --> 00:09:48,300 But for those who don't know, 253 00:09:48,300 --> 00:09:50,580 this is not far off of the end of Navy Pier. 254 00:09:50,580 --> 00:09:51,980 It's visible. No, you can definitely see it. 255 00:09:51,980 --> 00:09:55,300 Yeah, we took some pictures with it in the background. 256 00:09:55,300 --> 00:09:58,280 Yeah, we were gonna take a tour to go right up next to it 257 00:09:58,280 --> 00:09:59,120 to see it. 258 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,000 We did do so bad, but timing just didn't work out. 259 00:10:03,100 --> 00:10:05,580 I could have made it happen by myself, but it didn't. 260 00:10:05,580 --> 00:10:07,540 Someday, we'll make it happen. 261 00:10:07,540 --> 00:10:10,140 Yeah, I already have a pin for this lighthouse. 262 00:10:10,140 --> 00:10:11,900 So I counted that I've been there. 263 00:10:11,900 --> 00:10:13,360 As far as lighthouses go, 264 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:15,300 this is not one of the harder ones to get to. 265 00:10:15,300 --> 00:10:16,140 No. 266 00:10:16,140 --> 00:10:17,100 No, I don't know about setting foot on it, 267 00:10:17,100 --> 00:10:19,620 but I'm really getting close on the boat. 268 00:10:19,620 --> 00:10:22,060 I did read online that some people have walked 269 00:10:22,060 --> 00:10:24,740 across the rope rap all the way to the lighthouse. 270 00:10:24,740 --> 00:10:25,980 I'm like, you guys are crazy. 271 00:10:25,980 --> 00:10:27,460 I would do it. 272 00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:28,300 I would too. 273 00:10:28,300 --> 00:10:29,140 I'm more than illegal. 274 00:10:29,140 --> 00:10:30,460 Yeah. 275 00:10:30,460 --> 00:10:31,740 I'd get caught. 276 00:10:31,740 --> 00:10:33,020 I'm not very sneaky. 277 00:10:33,020 --> 00:10:33,960 Back to rope rap. 278 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,300 Lastly, it can be used as support for bases of lighthouse 279 00:10:37,300 --> 00:10:39,740 on caissons to assist in keeping it upright. 280 00:10:39,740 --> 00:10:40,820 And I talked about caissons, 281 00:10:40,820 --> 00:10:44,140 I think in either my first or second episode, 282 00:10:44,140 --> 00:10:45,520 a lot of the stuff that I covered 283 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:47,380 in those history of lighthouses episodes, 284 00:10:47,380 --> 00:10:48,620 I think needs to be revisited 285 00:10:48,620 --> 00:10:50,780 because I'm a lot better at research now. 286 00:10:50,780 --> 00:10:52,500 And I think I could contribute a little bit more 287 00:10:52,500 --> 00:10:53,580 to the subject. 288 00:10:53,580 --> 00:10:55,980 But yeah, if you wanna hear about caissons, 289 00:10:55,980 --> 00:10:57,980 you can look it up or listen to our episode. 290 00:10:57,980 --> 00:10:59,620 Or I might do another, 291 00:10:59,620 --> 00:11:01,700 I may do a history buoyant on caissons. 292 00:11:01,700 --> 00:11:02,540 You could. 293 00:11:02,540 --> 00:11:04,660 How's it spelled for those who Google? 294 00:11:04,660 --> 00:11:06,900 C-A-I-S-S-O-N. 295 00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:09,700 Okay, yeah, I definitely would have got that wrong. 296 00:11:09,700 --> 00:11:12,060 But example of this is Plum Beach Lighthouse, 297 00:11:12,060 --> 00:11:14,260 which I didn't get a picture up, 298 00:11:14,260 --> 00:11:15,860 but you should look it up online. 299 00:11:15,860 --> 00:11:17,660 Plum Beach, it's a popular one as well. 300 00:11:17,660 --> 00:11:18,940 Cool, thank you. 301 00:11:18,940 --> 00:11:20,220 And that's RIP RAP. 302 00:11:20,220 --> 00:11:21,900 So now we know what our studio is all about. 303 00:11:21,900 --> 00:11:23,940 It is Rebel. The RIP RAP studio. 304 00:11:23,940 --> 00:11:26,060 The Rebel, and named RIP RAP 305 00:11:26,060 --> 00:11:31,060 because it's a thrown together pile of stuff 306 00:11:31,660 --> 00:11:33,940 that otherwise would be worth very little. 307 00:11:33,940 --> 00:11:35,900 But now serves an excellent purpose. 308 00:11:35,900 --> 00:11:36,740 That's right. 309 00:11:36,740 --> 00:11:38,260 That is the stuff. 310 00:11:38,260 --> 00:11:39,460 What a great metaphor. 311 00:11:39,460 --> 00:11:42,900 All right, we'll get into the lighthouse. 312 00:11:42,900 --> 00:11:44,860 I mentioned we're British today. 313 00:11:44,860 --> 00:11:46,660 So we're, we're. 314 00:11:48,500 --> 00:11:49,340 Hi. 315 00:11:51,140 --> 00:11:53,020 We've got Joey entering the chat. 316 00:11:53,020 --> 00:11:53,860 Yeah. 317 00:11:53,860 --> 00:11:55,700 Yeah, I'm not gonna be British today. 318 00:11:55,700 --> 00:11:58,140 I don't wanna offend all of the internet at once. 319 00:11:58,140 --> 00:11:58,980 No, I'm not. 320 00:11:58,980 --> 00:12:01,500 We're just being transported there. 321 00:12:01,500 --> 00:12:02,620 That's kind of the idea. 322 00:12:02,620 --> 00:12:06,020 That's the actual look that we're going for. 323 00:12:06,020 --> 00:12:06,860 Great. 324 00:12:06,860 --> 00:12:09,420 So we're actually heading over to London. 325 00:12:09,420 --> 00:12:12,180 And oh my gosh, I forgot to look this up. 326 00:12:12,180 --> 00:12:15,020 It's the Thames River. 327 00:12:15,020 --> 00:12:15,860 Thames? 328 00:12:15,860 --> 00:12:16,700 Thames? 329 00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:19,340 Thames. 330 00:12:20,460 --> 00:12:22,020 Are we sure? 331 00:12:22,020 --> 00:12:24,980 I would look it up as far as. 332 00:12:24,980 --> 00:12:25,820 That's what it is. 333 00:12:25,820 --> 00:12:26,660 It says. 334 00:12:29,740 --> 00:12:31,020 Thames. 335 00:12:31,020 --> 00:12:31,860 Wow. 336 00:12:32,980 --> 00:12:33,900 That. Thames. 337 00:12:33,900 --> 00:12:36,980 That would have been my absolute last guess. 338 00:12:36,980 --> 00:12:41,260 Anyway, the River Thames is the only water 339 00:12:41,260 --> 00:12:42,340 that comes into London. 340 00:12:42,340 --> 00:12:44,940 So it's relatively landlocked besides this river, 341 00:12:44,940 --> 00:12:46,060 which is a famous river. 342 00:12:46,060 --> 00:12:47,580 Like it's a, it's a big one. 343 00:12:47,580 --> 00:12:48,420 Okay. 344 00:12:48,420 --> 00:12:51,500 It's snakes 215 miles from the North Sea, 345 00:12:51,500 --> 00:12:53,700 almost to the River Severn. 346 00:12:53,700 --> 00:12:54,980 I'm guessing on that one as well. 347 00:12:54,980 --> 00:12:57,900 But that's, I think that's the biggest 348 00:12:57,900 --> 00:13:02,060 or the longest river in the UK completely. 349 00:13:02,060 --> 00:13:02,900 Okay. 350 00:13:02,900 --> 00:13:06,500 And then the River Thames is the Thames is the second. 351 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:08,660 Wow. 352 00:13:08,660 --> 00:13:09,500 Okay. 353 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:10,580 So the River Thames is known for being 354 00:13:10,580 --> 00:13:12,620 very easy water to navigate. 355 00:13:12,620 --> 00:13:13,540 Obviously it's a river. 356 00:13:13,540 --> 00:13:16,540 So like lighthouses are very uncommon along rivers 357 00:13:16,540 --> 00:13:18,660 that like go through cities. 358 00:13:18,660 --> 00:13:20,860 You wouldn't really need to worry about it. 359 00:13:20,860 --> 00:13:23,500 So naturally lighthouses were never really needed along it 360 00:13:23,500 --> 00:13:26,780 except for one, which just slipped through the cracks. 361 00:13:26,780 --> 00:13:28,820 And this is the Blackwall Lighthouse, 362 00:13:28,820 --> 00:13:32,660 which is also known as the Trinity Bowie Wharf light. 363 00:13:32,660 --> 00:13:33,500 Whoa. 364 00:13:34,620 --> 00:13:38,100 Which you can guess it's on Trinity Bowie Wharf. 365 00:13:38,100 --> 00:13:40,100 It was built in 1864. 366 00:13:40,100 --> 00:13:43,180 It's brown brick, mostly shaped like a warehouse 367 00:13:43,180 --> 00:13:44,660 with like round windows 368 00:13:44,660 --> 00:13:46,300 and is right up next to the river. 369 00:13:46,300 --> 00:13:47,980 And it's the only lighthouse in London. 370 00:13:47,980 --> 00:13:49,140 That is wild. 371 00:13:49,140 --> 00:13:51,220 London's a very large city, so. 372 00:13:51,220 --> 00:13:52,060 So here we go. 373 00:13:52,060 --> 00:13:52,880 Nice. 374 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:53,720 Yeah. 375 00:13:53,720 --> 00:13:54,560 It's a very large area 376 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:56,740 and that's because originally it wasn't, 377 00:13:56,740 --> 00:13:59,300 it was never really a functioning lighthouse. 378 00:13:59,300 --> 00:14:01,100 So we can go into it. 379 00:14:01,100 --> 00:14:03,820 Blackwall Point, which is what this is named after, 380 00:14:03,820 --> 00:14:08,060 Blackwall, is the northernmost tip of Greenwich Peninsula, 381 00:14:08,060 --> 00:14:10,700 which is kind of the entrance to central London. 382 00:14:10,700 --> 00:14:13,020 It's like the river snakes around 383 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:17,140 and one of the big loops is the Greenwich Peninsula. 384 00:14:17,140 --> 00:14:21,740 Legend has it that further upstream pirates 385 00:14:21,740 --> 00:14:25,500 were publicly hanged at Execution Dock 386 00:14:25,500 --> 00:14:28,460 and then their bodies would be hung in cages 387 00:14:28,460 --> 00:14:31,340 at Blackwall Point for people to gawk at 388 00:14:31,340 --> 00:14:33,500 when they entered central London. 389 00:14:33,500 --> 00:14:34,340 Wow. 390 00:14:34,340 --> 00:14:36,780 Yeah, so it's got like a little bit of dark history. 391 00:14:36,780 --> 00:14:38,860 Has nothing to do with anything, but. 392 00:14:38,860 --> 00:14:39,940 That was a long time ago. 393 00:14:39,940 --> 00:14:41,060 Yeah, that was a long time ago. 394 00:14:41,060 --> 00:14:41,900 I take it. 395 00:14:41,900 --> 00:14:44,260 Yeah, that was before the building of the lighthouse. 396 00:14:44,260 --> 00:14:45,100 Okay, okay. 397 00:14:45,100 --> 00:14:48,860 Just giving the land some dark energy. 398 00:14:48,860 --> 00:14:49,700 Blackwall. 399 00:14:51,020 --> 00:14:53,020 Originally, Trinity Bowie Wharf, 400 00:14:53,020 --> 00:14:55,740 which is in the Blackwall Point area, 401 00:14:55,740 --> 00:14:58,300 was originally made for storing buoys 402 00:14:58,300 --> 00:15:01,020 and also had a bunch of workshops for testing, 403 00:15:01,020 --> 00:15:03,660 repairing, and making marine equipment. 404 00:15:03,660 --> 00:15:06,220 So it's always been a very nautical area. 405 00:15:06,220 --> 00:15:09,900 And the lighthouse itself, I saw different sources 406 00:15:09,900 --> 00:15:11,940 that there was already a lighthouse there 407 00:15:11,940 --> 00:15:14,260 and it was rebuilt in 1864 408 00:15:14,260 --> 00:15:17,740 and then also some sources that said 409 00:15:17,740 --> 00:15:20,820 that it was just built in 1864. 410 00:15:20,820 --> 00:15:23,820 But I did see a lot of things that said that it was rebuilt 411 00:15:23,820 --> 00:15:27,460 and it was originally Michael Faraday's workshop. 412 00:15:27,460 --> 00:15:28,300 Have you heard of him? 413 00:15:28,300 --> 00:15:29,120 No. 414 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,060 Okay, he's the one who came up with the terms 415 00:15:31,060 --> 00:15:33,220 ions, electrons. 416 00:15:33,220 --> 00:15:34,420 Oh, Faraday. 417 00:15:34,420 --> 00:15:35,580 Yeah, I have heard that name. 418 00:15:35,580 --> 00:15:37,500 It's been a while, sadly. 419 00:15:37,500 --> 00:15:41,780 He came up with the two rules of electrolysis and stuff. 420 00:15:41,780 --> 00:15:42,980 Okay. 421 00:15:42,980 --> 00:15:43,820 You could tell me whatever. 422 00:15:43,820 --> 00:15:44,860 I'd be like, yeah. 423 00:15:44,860 --> 00:15:46,900 Physics II was not my strong suit, 424 00:15:46,900 --> 00:15:48,860 so let's just leave it at that. 425 00:15:48,860 --> 00:15:53,420 But anyway, Faraday was a British physicist and chemist 426 00:15:53,420 --> 00:15:56,780 and he discovered benzene as well, 427 00:15:56,780 --> 00:15:58,920 worked in alloys and optical glasses 428 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,440 and invented the world's first electrical generator. 429 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:02,780 So he's got a lot of stuff happening. 430 00:16:02,780 --> 00:16:04,180 Man was busy. 431 00:16:04,180 --> 00:16:05,220 Man was busy. 432 00:16:05,220 --> 00:16:07,600 And like I said, he coined the terms ion, electrode, 433 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:08,540 et cetera. 434 00:16:08,540 --> 00:16:11,260 And he experimented in his workshop, 435 00:16:11,260 --> 00:16:12,940 which was right next door to the lighthouse 436 00:16:12,940 --> 00:16:14,780 and inside the lighthouse. 437 00:16:14,780 --> 00:16:15,620 Awesome. 438 00:16:15,620 --> 00:16:17,120 And he used the lighthouse exclusively 439 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,820 for testing the feasibility of using electric lighting 440 00:16:20,820 --> 00:16:25,820 for lighthouses because using lamps and stuff. 441 00:16:26,100 --> 00:16:26,940 He was that guy. 442 00:16:26,940 --> 00:16:27,780 It was just a pain in the butt. 443 00:16:27,780 --> 00:16:30,260 And this was in like 1850s. 444 00:16:30,260 --> 00:16:31,100 Crazy. 445 00:16:31,100 --> 00:16:33,340 Electricity did not come into lighthouses 446 00:16:33,340 --> 00:16:34,900 until far later than that. 447 00:16:34,900 --> 00:16:37,500 So, well, okay, worldwide. 448 00:16:37,500 --> 00:16:38,340 Popularized. 449 00:16:38,340 --> 00:16:39,160 Yes. 450 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:41,460 I was like, I'm about to prove myself wrong immediately. 451 00:16:41,460 --> 00:16:44,820 It was obviously a spicy, exciting idea. 452 00:16:44,820 --> 00:16:46,300 Yes, yeah, very new. 453 00:16:46,300 --> 00:16:49,420 And he was employed by Trinity House, 454 00:16:49,420 --> 00:16:50,940 I think it was what it was called, 455 00:16:50,940 --> 00:16:53,940 which was the British lighthouse board. 456 00:16:53,940 --> 00:16:56,120 So he was actually being paid. 457 00:16:56,120 --> 00:16:58,100 I think he worked for them for over 20 years 458 00:16:58,100 --> 00:16:58,940 or maybe 20 years. 459 00:16:58,940 --> 00:17:01,740 I think we've heard of them before in the Bahamas. 460 00:17:01,740 --> 00:17:03,500 They developed a lot of the lighthouses there. 461 00:17:03,500 --> 00:17:04,620 Okay, yeah, that makes sense. 462 00:17:04,620 --> 00:17:05,460 Pretty sure. 463 00:17:05,460 --> 00:17:06,300 When they were good. 464 00:17:06,300 --> 00:17:08,620 I'm glad you know what I'm talking about. 465 00:17:08,620 --> 00:17:12,720 The first lighthouse to actually use the electric lighting 466 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:17,720 that he proposed was South Forland Upper Light in 1857. 467 00:17:18,140 --> 00:17:20,180 So it started pretty early. 468 00:17:20,180 --> 00:17:21,580 I don't know how long they kept it there 469 00:17:21,580 --> 00:17:23,620 or if they were just seeing, you know, 470 00:17:23,620 --> 00:17:26,020 like let's test this and see what we need to change about it 471 00:17:26,020 --> 00:17:27,420 and we'll take it back out and all this stuff. 472 00:17:27,420 --> 00:17:29,580 But I didn't look deep into what that is. 473 00:17:29,580 --> 00:17:31,080 If we covered this lighthouse, 474 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:32,620 they have a ton of history on it. 475 00:17:32,620 --> 00:17:34,240 And there's also another lighthouse, 476 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:36,700 maybe even two lighthouses. 477 00:17:36,700 --> 00:17:39,540 It's like a trio of lighthouses. 478 00:17:39,540 --> 00:17:41,020 So anyway, it's another cool one. 479 00:17:41,020 --> 00:17:42,100 It's also on my list. 480 00:17:42,100 --> 00:17:44,860 After seeing it on here. 481 00:17:44,860 --> 00:17:47,900 Faraday's only invention to ever be patented 482 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:49,900 was designed in this very place 483 00:17:49,900 --> 00:17:51,820 and is a new type of chimney designed 484 00:17:51,820 --> 00:17:54,220 to stop lamp gases from combusting. 485 00:17:54,220 --> 00:17:57,020 So it was like he developed the new type of lamp 486 00:17:57,020 --> 00:17:58,540 that went in the lighthouses 487 00:17:58,540 --> 00:18:00,520 so that you wouldn't have soot build up 488 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:02,860 and covering your light. 489 00:18:02,860 --> 00:18:03,980 Like someone would have to come by 490 00:18:03,980 --> 00:18:05,300 and clean it every 10 seconds. 491 00:18:05,300 --> 00:18:06,140 Yeah. 492 00:18:06,140 --> 00:18:09,620 So a chimney for a fuel lit lamp. 493 00:18:09,620 --> 00:18:11,580 Yeah, it's like the chimney, 494 00:18:11,580 --> 00:18:14,540 the glass chimney part of the lamp. 495 00:18:14,540 --> 00:18:16,420 So it keep it clean without maintenance. 496 00:18:16,420 --> 00:18:17,820 Wow, that's pretty cool. 497 00:18:17,820 --> 00:18:18,660 Yeah, I know. 498 00:18:18,660 --> 00:18:19,480 I can't believe that's his only patent. 499 00:18:19,480 --> 00:18:21,420 I was gonna say, isn't that insane? 500 00:18:21,420 --> 00:18:22,820 And it's fun that it was invented here. 501 00:18:22,820 --> 00:18:24,860 He must have just hated paperwork. 502 00:18:24,860 --> 00:18:28,260 It's like, if you guys care about it, you can do it. 503 00:18:28,260 --> 00:18:29,960 But I don't care about it. 504 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,580 He was in it for the knowledge, not for the, 505 00:18:32,580 --> 00:18:33,700 I don't know, the recognition. 506 00:18:33,700 --> 00:18:34,540 He's a philanthropist. 507 00:18:34,540 --> 00:18:36,860 He's already famous. 508 00:18:36,860 --> 00:18:38,900 Anyway, back to lighthouse. 509 00:18:38,900 --> 00:18:41,540 I just thought it was cool that such a huge name was here. 510 00:18:41,540 --> 00:18:42,540 Yeah, yeah. 511 00:18:42,540 --> 00:18:46,860 So after World War II, a black wall lighthouse 512 00:18:46,860 --> 00:18:49,300 was used as a site to train keepers in. 513 00:18:49,300 --> 00:18:51,620 So it taught them literally everything. 514 00:18:51,620 --> 00:18:55,860 Like how to take care of the lighthouse in all aspects, 515 00:18:55,860 --> 00:18:59,260 how to cook, how to take care of themselves 516 00:18:59,260 --> 00:19:02,460 on a lighthouse that doesn't have a lot of amenities. 517 00:19:02,460 --> 00:19:07,460 So it's basically like being a keeper 101 was taught here. 518 00:19:07,500 --> 00:19:11,260 The lighthouse and the workshop were closed in 1988. 519 00:19:11,260 --> 00:19:13,820 And so I couldn't find any information 520 00:19:13,820 --> 00:19:15,620 about whether or not this actually 521 00:19:15,620 --> 00:19:17,500 used to have a beacon up top. 522 00:19:17,500 --> 00:19:19,260 It doesn't now. 523 00:19:19,260 --> 00:19:20,100 Oh, weird. 524 00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:23,820 Yeah, I don't know if it was just that they tested lights 525 00:19:23,820 --> 00:19:27,800 and like equipment and stuff up there, 526 00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:29,420 or if it actually had a light. 527 00:19:29,420 --> 00:19:30,380 I don't think it did. 528 00:19:30,380 --> 00:19:34,180 So the size of the, I'm gonna call it warehouse, 529 00:19:34,180 --> 00:19:38,580 the shop is enormous in comparison to this lighthouse. 530 00:19:38,580 --> 00:19:41,060 And we know lighthouses only need to be tall enough 531 00:19:41,060 --> 00:19:42,900 to be seen on a riverfront. 532 00:19:42,900 --> 00:19:44,980 Of course, that wouldn't have to be very high at all. 533 00:19:44,980 --> 00:19:49,980 But I almost wonder if it's because of the scale of it, 534 00:19:49,980 --> 00:19:52,300 the warehouse is really the main intent, 535 00:19:52,300 --> 00:19:55,260 research facility, manufacturing, testing, 536 00:19:55,260 --> 00:19:58,220 and then the lighthouse is like an exhibit for testing, 537 00:19:58,220 --> 00:19:59,060 if that was true. 538 00:19:59,060 --> 00:20:00,700 So they were storing equipment and all of that. 539 00:20:00,700 --> 00:20:03,020 And then maybe the lantern room was just where they tested 540 00:20:03,020 --> 00:20:05,180 stuff that they were making in the workshop. 541 00:20:05,180 --> 00:20:07,140 That's probably the case. 542 00:20:07,140 --> 00:20:09,300 I really wanted there to be a beacon at some point, 543 00:20:09,300 --> 00:20:11,460 but there's probably lots of beacons 544 00:20:11,460 --> 00:20:12,740 that went through this lighthouse 545 00:20:12,740 --> 00:20:14,620 just for very short periods. 546 00:20:14,620 --> 00:20:17,160 Is that a curtain up there, or is that a solid, 547 00:20:18,940 --> 00:20:21,140 the black area in the light room? 548 00:20:21,140 --> 00:20:22,940 No, I think it's just the back. 549 00:20:22,940 --> 00:20:24,920 You can see in the lantern room, 550 00:20:24,920 --> 00:20:27,580 there's some white bits that start to creep out 551 00:20:27,580 --> 00:20:28,420 around the side. 552 00:20:28,420 --> 00:20:30,460 That is solid all the way through the back. 553 00:20:30,460 --> 00:20:32,280 So it's not. 554 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:33,120 Oh, weird. 555 00:20:33,120 --> 00:20:33,940 Yeah. 556 00:20:33,940 --> 00:20:34,780 It's not open all the way around. 557 00:20:34,780 --> 00:20:36,340 Which would be true for a lighthouse 558 00:20:36,340 --> 00:20:37,660 that's so close. Facing one direction. 559 00:20:37,660 --> 00:20:40,300 Yeah, that's so close to the cities. 560 00:20:40,300 --> 00:20:42,700 They would block it off where it's not needed. 561 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:44,420 So you're not flashing the city all of a sudden. 562 00:20:44,420 --> 00:20:45,260 Yeah. 563 00:20:45,260 --> 00:20:47,380 Yeah. 564 00:20:47,380 --> 00:20:48,220 Cool. 565 00:20:48,220 --> 00:20:49,860 1988, the area was bought 566 00:20:49,860 --> 00:20:53,200 by London Docklands Development Corporation. 567 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:54,700 And that's when everything was closed. 568 00:20:54,700 --> 00:20:57,200 So it was no longer used for storing buoys 569 00:20:57,200 --> 00:20:59,220 and testing equipment and everything. 570 00:20:59,220 --> 00:21:02,940 And they leased it to Urban Space Holdings in 1998. 571 00:21:02,940 --> 00:21:05,200 So it's about 10 years went by. 572 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,340 Urban Space Holdings wanted to develop it 573 00:21:07,340 --> 00:21:10,500 as a cultural and like an arts center, 574 00:21:10,500 --> 00:21:11,740 which is what they're still doing today. 575 00:21:11,740 --> 00:21:16,740 And it's like known as the strangest area of London. 576 00:21:17,260 --> 00:21:21,380 So they wanted to, in the 2000-ish year, 577 00:21:21,380 --> 00:21:23,500 they wanted to make it a cultural arts center 578 00:21:23,500 --> 00:21:25,580 because that area of town is artsy. 579 00:21:25,580 --> 00:21:27,460 They made it artsy. 580 00:21:27,460 --> 00:21:28,300 So like today it's known. 581 00:21:28,300 --> 00:21:29,500 Oh, they started with the lighthouse. 582 00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:30,340 Exactly. 583 00:21:30,340 --> 00:21:33,260 It's like, it's known as just the weirdest, 584 00:21:33,260 --> 00:21:37,100 like most bizarre area you can go to in London. 585 00:21:37,100 --> 00:21:39,500 So they built, they started Urban Space Holdings. 586 00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:42,860 They started with building Container City, 587 00:21:42,860 --> 00:21:45,500 which is basically office spaces made 588 00:21:45,500 --> 00:21:46,660 from shipping containers. 589 00:21:46,660 --> 00:21:48,780 And they paint them really brightly. 590 00:21:48,780 --> 00:21:49,620 I guess I could pull a picture of that. 591 00:21:49,620 --> 00:21:52,020 There's one right there in the shot. 592 00:21:52,020 --> 00:21:55,740 Yeah, I could not find a lot of pictures of this lighthouse. 593 00:21:55,740 --> 00:21:56,580 I love that shot. 594 00:21:56,580 --> 00:22:01,580 Really, I mean, Google gave me half a page of results 595 00:22:01,940 --> 00:22:04,300 and then was like, here, is this what you're looking for? 596 00:22:04,300 --> 00:22:06,180 And it's the other lighthouse. 597 00:22:06,180 --> 00:22:07,020 That's so weird. 598 00:22:07,020 --> 00:22:08,340 I'm like, no. 599 00:22:08,340 --> 00:22:11,340 So yeah, there's not a lot of pictures of this lighthouse, 600 00:22:11,340 --> 00:22:12,180 but it's still. 601 00:22:12,180 --> 00:22:13,540 I think it's a container painted 602 00:22:13,540 --> 00:22:15,460 decoratively there, the green. 603 00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:16,940 Yeah, you're probably right. 604 00:22:16,940 --> 00:22:18,860 Here, yeah, let me pull a picture. 605 00:22:18,860 --> 00:22:21,820 It's pretty crazy, but it was a hit. 606 00:22:21,820 --> 00:22:23,980 So they're working on Container City too. 607 00:22:23,980 --> 00:22:26,660 Oh, 2.0, they're all office spaces? 608 00:22:26,660 --> 00:22:28,980 Yeah, it's like an office building made out of. 609 00:22:28,980 --> 00:22:30,300 That's pretty cool, actually. 610 00:22:30,300 --> 00:22:32,060 Container City. People have done houses 611 00:22:32,060 --> 00:22:36,020 and cabins and lots of stuff out of containers. 612 00:22:36,020 --> 00:22:38,860 Like Alaska bars that we were talking about. 613 00:22:38,860 --> 00:22:41,060 Yeah, the Sluice Box. 614 00:22:41,060 --> 00:22:41,900 That's right, yeah. 615 00:22:41,900 --> 00:22:43,020 Just trying to think of it. 616 00:22:43,020 --> 00:22:46,000 Those containers are also called Connex boxes, 617 00:22:47,180 --> 00:22:49,020 which comes from the United States military. 618 00:22:49,020 --> 00:22:50,900 I think it was World War II. 619 00:22:50,900 --> 00:22:54,700 We basically invented a way to ship our stuff 620 00:22:54,700 --> 00:22:56,460 or popularized it maybe. 621 00:22:56,460 --> 00:22:57,300 This is cool. 622 00:22:57,300 --> 00:22:58,860 Yeah. Sorry. 623 00:22:58,860 --> 00:23:00,880 So yeah, this is Container City. 624 00:23:02,820 --> 00:23:04,060 But yeah, it was very popular. 625 00:23:04,060 --> 00:23:05,140 I really love the windows. 626 00:23:05,140 --> 00:23:07,340 And you can tell one of them is cracked open 627 00:23:07,340 --> 00:23:09,900 and it does revolutions. 628 00:23:09,900 --> 00:23:11,740 That's cool, very European. 629 00:23:12,900 --> 00:23:14,740 Yeah, I like it, but it's definitely 630 00:23:14,740 --> 00:23:16,100 one of the weirdest things. 631 00:23:16,100 --> 00:23:16,940 What's this? 632 00:23:16,940 --> 00:23:18,900 Is it like a cat ladder going on at the bottom? 633 00:23:18,900 --> 00:23:21,020 Here? Yeah. 634 00:23:21,020 --> 00:23:22,100 Oh. 635 00:23:22,100 --> 00:23:24,100 You know, looking at this back porch 636 00:23:24,100 --> 00:23:25,420 with all their hummingbird stuff, 637 00:23:25,420 --> 00:23:27,820 I would say they would have a cat access point. 638 00:23:29,580 --> 00:23:30,420 Or raccoons. 639 00:23:30,420 --> 00:23:31,500 This place is cool. 640 00:23:33,740 --> 00:23:35,300 Yeah, so they built this. 641 00:23:35,300 --> 00:23:37,160 There's also a couple other strange things there. 642 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:40,500 It has a 1940s American diner called Fat Boys, 643 00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:42,100 which is like beloved by the area. 644 00:23:42,100 --> 00:23:43,180 They love it. 645 00:23:43,180 --> 00:23:46,260 And it was actually like brought over from New Jersey. 646 00:23:46,260 --> 00:23:48,100 It was like originally in New Jersey. 647 00:23:48,100 --> 00:23:52,420 And they took the diner and moved it to London. 648 00:23:52,420 --> 00:23:53,540 That's awesome. 649 00:23:53,540 --> 00:23:54,380 It's cool too. 650 00:23:54,380 --> 00:23:58,580 It's like mostly chrome, has some red, you know, a classic. 651 00:23:59,620 --> 00:24:02,340 And there's also a small shed called Faraday Effect. 652 00:24:02,340 --> 00:24:03,420 I don't know anything about it. 653 00:24:03,420 --> 00:24:05,260 It was just listed as one of the cool things. 654 00:24:05,260 --> 00:24:07,660 It may have been like a, 655 00:24:07,660 --> 00:24:10,100 like, oh, this is what Faraday's 656 00:24:11,320 --> 00:24:13,020 like office used to look like or something. 657 00:24:13,020 --> 00:24:14,540 It's just like this little decrepit building. 658 00:24:14,540 --> 00:24:16,080 So maybe it's the actual office. 659 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,340 I don't know. 660 00:24:17,340 --> 00:24:19,940 It's not part of this business, this office space? 661 00:24:19,940 --> 00:24:22,860 No, it's just one of the cool things you can find 662 00:24:22,860 --> 00:24:24,860 near the lighthouse, like in this area 663 00:24:24,860 --> 00:24:27,640 that's owned by the Urban Space Holdings. 664 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:29,460 I guess we could pull up the, 665 00:24:29,460 --> 00:24:31,500 I think I had another picture. 666 00:24:31,500 --> 00:24:32,380 Yeah. 667 00:24:32,380 --> 00:24:33,220 It was pretty. 668 00:24:34,900 --> 00:24:36,300 Very fast, did you catch it? 669 00:24:37,740 --> 00:24:39,940 Oh, so close. 670 00:24:39,940 --> 00:24:41,780 I don't understand it. 671 00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:42,620 Okay. 672 00:24:42,620 --> 00:24:44,460 You have to make the sound. 673 00:24:44,460 --> 00:24:45,300 Just had to go fast. 674 00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:46,140 Yeah. 675 00:24:46,140 --> 00:24:47,340 Yeah. 676 00:24:47,340 --> 00:24:50,060 Oh, there's a Pepsi sign in the back. 677 00:24:50,060 --> 00:24:51,140 Oh, Fat Boys. 678 00:24:51,140 --> 00:24:52,220 Fat Boys. 679 00:24:52,220 --> 00:24:53,060 There she is. 680 00:24:53,060 --> 00:24:54,740 So maybe it is right up next to it, 681 00:24:54,740 --> 00:24:56,020 or maybe they're just advertising. 682 00:24:56,020 --> 00:24:56,840 I don't know. 683 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:57,740 It looks like it's part of the building, 684 00:24:57,740 --> 00:24:59,900 part of the warehouse space. 685 00:24:59,900 --> 00:25:00,740 Fat Boys. 686 00:25:00,740 --> 00:25:02,500 I wanna go to Fat Boys in London. 687 00:25:02,500 --> 00:25:03,340 It looked good. 688 00:25:03,340 --> 00:25:04,500 It looked just really good. 689 00:25:04,500 --> 00:25:05,500 I mean, that's very American 690 00:25:05,500 --> 00:25:07,300 to go to an American diner in London 691 00:25:07,300 --> 00:25:10,120 when you're traveling, but I would do it. 692 00:25:11,260 --> 00:25:12,620 I know, why would we go to an American diner 693 00:25:12,620 --> 00:25:13,780 when we could just go anywhere? 694 00:25:13,780 --> 00:25:16,340 Listen, I go to McDonald's every time I travel. 695 00:25:16,340 --> 00:25:17,180 Yeah. 696 00:25:17,180 --> 00:25:18,340 I've been to McDonald's all over the world. 697 00:25:18,340 --> 00:25:20,860 But that's because McDonald's are cooler in other places. 698 00:25:20,860 --> 00:25:21,700 Yeah. 699 00:25:21,700 --> 00:25:24,260 So it's like, oh, by comparison, this is neat. 700 00:25:24,260 --> 00:25:25,100 Yeah. 701 00:25:25,100 --> 00:25:28,300 You're really getting, like Italy had a cool McDonald's. 702 00:25:28,300 --> 00:25:29,140 Yeah. 703 00:25:29,140 --> 00:25:30,140 Double Decker McDonald's. 704 00:25:30,140 --> 00:25:32,820 McDonald's in Switzerland was also double Decker. 705 00:25:32,820 --> 00:25:33,640 Yeah. 706 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:35,940 And their bread that they had on the burger 707 00:25:35,940 --> 00:25:36,780 was incredible. 708 00:25:38,220 --> 00:25:39,660 Incredible. 709 00:25:39,660 --> 00:25:44,660 Had breakfast at McDonald's in Galway in Ireland. 710 00:25:44,700 --> 00:25:46,740 That was neat, highly recommended. 711 00:25:46,740 --> 00:25:47,980 Was it double Decker? 712 00:25:47,980 --> 00:25:50,460 No, that was only single level. 713 00:25:50,460 --> 00:25:51,480 Shame that. 714 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:52,580 Well, they're just putting more effort 715 00:25:52,580 --> 00:25:53,460 into the space they have. 716 00:25:53,460 --> 00:25:54,940 They did have good sausages. 717 00:25:54,940 --> 00:25:56,700 The last thing that's cool about this area 718 00:25:56,700 --> 00:25:59,620 that was mentioned was old Trinity, 719 00:25:59,620 --> 00:26:01,580 is an old Trinity light ship 720 00:26:01,580 --> 00:26:03,780 that's turned into a recording studio. 721 00:26:03,780 --> 00:26:04,620 What? 722 00:26:04,620 --> 00:26:05,940 Is that that ship we saw? 723 00:26:05,940 --> 00:26:06,780 Yes. The red ship. 724 00:26:06,780 --> 00:26:07,620 Yeah, the red. 725 00:26:07,620 --> 00:26:11,300 So it's a studio, recording studio? 726 00:26:11,300 --> 00:26:12,780 Yeah, music recording studio. 727 00:26:12,780 --> 00:26:14,220 What? 728 00:26:14,220 --> 00:26:17,500 How do you take an environment like a ship 729 00:26:17,500 --> 00:26:20,660 with hard flat walls that's floating? 730 00:26:20,660 --> 00:26:21,820 I don't know. 731 00:26:21,820 --> 00:26:25,700 And make it, I had a hard time with my basement. 732 00:26:25,700 --> 00:26:26,940 I know. 733 00:26:26,940 --> 00:26:30,180 So although there is no need for a lamp in the lantern room, 734 00:26:30,180 --> 00:26:33,020 there is still a lot of history in there. 735 00:26:33,020 --> 00:26:35,620 And it is because Black Wall Lighthouse 736 00:26:35,620 --> 00:26:37,820 is home to Long Player. 737 00:26:37,820 --> 00:26:38,660 Have you ever heard of that? 738 00:26:38,660 --> 00:26:39,480 Long Player? 739 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:40,520 Long Player. 740 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,220 It's a continuous 1000 year long piece of music. 741 00:26:44,220 --> 00:26:45,060 What? 742 00:26:45,060 --> 00:26:49,420 Yeah, it was generated online by musician Jim Piner, 743 00:26:49,420 --> 00:26:50,520 I think is his name. 744 00:26:51,460 --> 00:26:52,540 He's still alive. 745 00:26:52,540 --> 00:26:53,660 He took a recording. 746 00:26:54,860 --> 00:26:55,700 1000 year long? 747 00:26:55,700 --> 00:26:59,580 He took a recording song of Tibetan singing bowls 748 00:26:59,580 --> 00:27:01,500 and repeated it six times and then programmed 749 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:03,620 Long Player to mix and match the notes 750 00:27:03,620 --> 00:27:05,820 in different durations and pitches and stuff 751 00:27:05,820 --> 00:27:08,700 to create music that never repeated for 1000 years. 752 00:27:08,700 --> 00:27:09,540 What? 753 00:27:09,540 --> 00:27:10,360 Mm-hmm. 754 00:27:10,360 --> 00:27:13,620 And so the lantern room of Black Wall Lighthouse 755 00:27:13,620 --> 00:27:18,620 is the first and now one of many playing posts 756 00:27:19,540 --> 00:27:22,460 where you can stand and listen to the music. 757 00:27:22,460 --> 00:27:27,380 It's been playing since December 31st, 1999. 758 00:27:27,380 --> 00:27:28,220 Wow. 759 00:27:28,220 --> 00:27:32,220 There's, I'll put the link in our show notes, 760 00:27:32,220 --> 00:27:35,300 but you can go to their website and it shows you, 761 00:27:35,300 --> 00:27:38,460 well, I guess I'll say they have, in 2012, 762 00:27:38,460 --> 00:27:42,540 they put an installation of 234 Tibetan singing bowls 763 00:27:42,540 --> 00:27:46,980 in the lighthouse where a 1000 minute long performance 764 00:27:46,980 --> 00:27:50,700 of part of Long Player's piece was played by humans. 765 00:27:50,700 --> 00:27:54,340 And so it was just like playing it in real life. 766 00:27:54,340 --> 00:27:56,220 And so those bowls are still up there. 767 00:27:56,220 --> 00:27:58,940 You can go and look at them and it's pretty cool. 768 00:27:58,940 --> 00:28:02,580 The Long Player website shows you 769 00:28:02,580 --> 00:28:04,460 if you were looking at this installation, 770 00:28:04,460 --> 00:28:07,500 which bowls were being used for how long. 771 00:28:07,500 --> 00:28:08,340 That's cool. 772 00:28:08,340 --> 00:28:10,180 Yeah, it's very cool. 773 00:28:10,180 --> 00:28:11,740 And you can actually, here, I have a next. 774 00:28:11,740 --> 00:28:13,540 It seems very random. 775 00:28:13,540 --> 00:28:14,660 It is, it is random. 776 00:28:14,660 --> 00:28:17,860 I mean, people, it's, that's kind of what this area 777 00:28:17,860 --> 00:28:18,700 is all about. 778 00:28:22,700 --> 00:28:24,580 Oh, cats are not happy about that. 779 00:28:24,580 --> 00:28:27,580 Just listen to a little bit of Long Player. 780 00:28:35,220 --> 00:28:37,100 Also, this was the first, 781 00:28:39,180 --> 00:28:41,100 this is when it started in 1999. 782 00:28:41,100 --> 00:28:42,500 This is the first part. 783 00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:43,340 That was the first note? 784 00:28:43,340 --> 00:28:44,940 Yeah, this is the first part of Long Player. 785 00:28:44,940 --> 00:28:45,780 It's incredible. 786 00:28:45,780 --> 00:28:50,780 Joey seems to like it. 787 00:28:54,820 --> 00:28:56,380 Bo is out of here. 788 00:28:56,380 --> 00:28:57,380 He poofed up. 789 00:29:02,420 --> 00:29:03,420 So. 790 00:29:03,420 --> 00:29:05,940 So obviously he's, he talked about it. 791 00:29:05,940 --> 00:29:07,460 He's not looking for melody. 792 00:29:07,460 --> 00:29:10,180 He's not looking for, you know, 793 00:29:10,180 --> 00:29:14,220 it sounding like music we want to hear. 794 00:29:14,220 --> 00:29:18,940 It's more about, it's quality, it's quantity over quality. 795 00:29:18,940 --> 00:29:20,020 But I still thought it was nice. 796 00:29:20,020 --> 00:29:21,180 Featuring Pitbull. 797 00:29:23,620 --> 00:29:25,060 I was like, what? 798 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:28,100 Featuring Pitbull? 799 00:29:28,100 --> 00:29:33,100 So the intent of the long music is to just never repeat. 800 00:29:34,260 --> 00:29:35,340 Yep. 801 00:29:35,340 --> 00:29:36,740 For a thousand years. 802 00:29:36,740 --> 00:29:38,220 It's like everything that comes out of there 803 00:29:38,220 --> 00:29:41,180 is like a new, a new thing. 804 00:29:41,180 --> 00:29:44,020 Hang on, I'm pulling up the Tibetan singing bowls. 805 00:29:44,020 --> 00:29:46,780 Yeah, so you can see all of the bowls. 806 00:29:46,780 --> 00:29:48,060 This is kind of what it's based on. 807 00:29:48,060 --> 00:29:50,900 If you look at their website, you can take a look. 808 00:29:50,900 --> 00:29:53,980 And they have lots of excerpts of past, 809 00:29:55,620 --> 00:29:57,700 when they played it in the past. 810 00:29:57,700 --> 00:29:58,540 Neat. 811 00:29:58,540 --> 00:29:59,500 That's very unique. 812 00:29:59,500 --> 00:30:01,740 So it's supposed to end, well, okay. 813 00:30:01,740 --> 00:30:06,740 The piece, the continuous non-repeating piece 814 00:30:06,740 --> 00:30:11,740 is gonna end in 2,999 at the new year. 815 00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:15,660 And then it'll start over. 816 00:30:18,060 --> 00:30:19,780 All right, great. 817 00:30:19,780 --> 00:30:22,220 That looks like a cool place for a pool table. 818 00:30:22,220 --> 00:30:23,060 My personal opinion. 819 00:30:23,060 --> 00:30:24,220 That's true. 820 00:30:24,220 --> 00:30:26,220 So yeah, this installation's in the lighthouse, 821 00:30:26,220 --> 00:30:27,620 but not in the lantern room. 822 00:30:27,620 --> 00:30:29,860 Lantern room is just where the listening post is, 823 00:30:29,860 --> 00:30:32,340 where you can go and listen and just like hang out. 824 00:30:32,340 --> 00:30:34,300 They said it's a nice place to just look out 825 00:30:34,300 --> 00:30:36,340 over the city and over the water 826 00:30:36,340 --> 00:30:39,620 and just listen to some Tibetan singing bowls. 827 00:30:39,620 --> 00:30:40,540 Of course. 828 00:30:40,540 --> 00:30:43,700 And that's the end of Black Wall Lighthouse. 829 00:30:43,700 --> 00:30:45,220 Seems like a cool neighborhood. 830 00:30:45,220 --> 00:30:46,060 Yeah. 831 00:30:46,060 --> 00:30:48,500 Only lighthouse in London and a weird area. 832 00:30:48,500 --> 00:30:51,780 Oh, in this picture, you can see the top of Faraday effect. 833 00:30:51,780 --> 00:30:52,660 That's that little shed? 834 00:30:52,660 --> 00:30:53,500 Yes. 835 00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:55,300 Very tiny. 836 00:30:55,300 --> 00:30:57,260 I really do wonder what's in there. 837 00:30:57,260 --> 00:30:59,100 It would be a fun place to visit. 838 00:30:59,100 --> 00:31:00,260 That's all I got. 839 00:31:00,260 --> 00:31:01,100 Very nice. 840 00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:02,620 You're very focused on. 841 00:31:02,620 --> 00:31:04,900 The London Lighthouse. 842 00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:07,100 Black Wall, cool name. 843 00:31:07,100 --> 00:31:08,780 Yeah, it's not bad. 844 00:31:08,780 --> 00:31:10,260 Trinity Bowie Wharf Light. 845 00:31:10,260 --> 00:31:13,380 I am petting the cat because I want him to be quiet. 846 00:31:13,380 --> 00:31:16,500 He's highly focused on giving Joey the good pets. 847 00:31:16,500 --> 00:31:17,340 It's working. 848 00:31:17,340 --> 00:31:18,700 I lost Bo, it made me sad. 849 00:31:18,700 --> 00:31:19,540 He got so scared. 850 00:31:19,540 --> 00:31:20,380 He didn't like the singing bowls. 851 00:31:20,380 --> 00:31:22,500 The long player, yeah, he is not a fan. 852 00:31:22,500 --> 00:31:24,780 His tail poofed up and he ran out of here. 853 00:31:24,780 --> 00:31:25,620 But anyway. 854 00:31:25,620 --> 00:31:26,440 Well, thank you. 855 00:31:26,440 --> 00:31:27,280 Yeah, you're welcome. 856 00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:28,120 You have any questions? 857 00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:28,960 1800s? 858 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,060 Because 1850 was the light bulb experiment, right? 859 00:31:32,060 --> 00:31:32,900 Yes. 860 00:31:32,900 --> 00:31:35,380 1850 is the light, not light bulb experiment, 861 00:31:35,380 --> 00:31:36,220 but the beacon. 862 00:31:36,220 --> 00:31:39,940 Yeah, the development of electric. 863 00:31:39,940 --> 00:31:43,740 That one you mentioned that used it in 1859. 864 00:31:43,740 --> 00:31:44,580 57. 865 00:31:44,580 --> 00:31:45,860 57. 866 00:31:45,860 --> 00:31:47,300 Was that in England as well? 867 00:31:47,300 --> 00:31:48,620 Yeah, England. 868 00:31:48,620 --> 00:31:50,340 Whoa, it's in a cool area. 869 00:31:50,340 --> 00:31:51,380 I won't tell you about it 870 00:31:51,380 --> 00:31:54,100 because we're probably gonna cover it someday. 871 00:31:54,100 --> 00:31:55,260 All right. 872 00:31:55,260 --> 00:31:56,660 Well, that's cool. 873 00:31:56,660 --> 00:31:57,500 No, I really appreciate that. 874 00:31:57,500 --> 00:31:58,740 I don't have any other questions. 875 00:31:58,740 --> 00:31:59,580 Great. 876 00:31:59,580 --> 00:32:00,580 Thanks everyone for listening. 877 00:32:00,580 --> 00:32:02,100 We hope you had a good time. 878 00:32:02,100 --> 00:32:04,060 Make sure you follow the link in our show notes. 879 00:32:04,060 --> 00:32:05,700 It's Linktree. 880 00:32:05,700 --> 00:32:08,260 It's a Linktree link that can take you 881 00:32:08,260 --> 00:32:10,460 to all of our social media accounts 882 00:32:10,460 --> 00:32:12,380 and where you can listen to our podcasts 883 00:32:12,380 --> 00:32:14,020 or send us a little coffee. 884 00:32:14,020 --> 00:32:17,780 We hope to see you next time on the lighthouse. 885 00:32:17,780 --> 00:32:18,600 Bye. 886 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:19,440 Bye. 887 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:32,420 Professor