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Originally Posted by granny
Umhhh, just a minute... ...Granny checked. Drunken Press, all editions, has all three: Barbers Pole, Nipple Rock, and Hole in the Wall.
Bizer has two: Barbers Pole and Hole in the Wall.
For illustrations, see the Duncan Press website,
http://www.duncanpressinc.com/BarbersPole.htm
...Granny
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Not so fast, Granny. The rock at light #46
is shown on Bizer's chart
in its correct position, 240m (780 ft) due east of the northernmost point of Round Island. Duncan Press (nom de plume = Granny) is quick to point out that Bizer's chart does not label it as she does. All the while, suggesting that Bizer has completely overlooked a rock that is a hazard to navigation.
Bizer's name omission is intentional. Even before Bizer's first edition, friends remarked that the commonly-referred-to name was in poor taste so Bizer decided to call it "Light 46", "Rock 46" or, as labeled on Bizer's chart, "FL 46" because
FLashing light #
46 sits atop this rock. As late as 2003, Bizer could find nothing in print, other than Duncan's map, where this rock had any name at all. Bizer assumes the off-color name that Granny perpetuates was derived from the fact that vandals occasionally paint Rock 46 to look like a female body part.
As for Granny's accusation of errors-and-omissions on Bizer's chart:
Physician, heal thyself. The true location of Rock 46 is almost two football fields north of where it is depicted on Granny's map. Use Granny's link to see for yourself.