The Modern Light-house Service

The Modern Light-house Service
Title The Modern Light-house Service PDF eBook
Author Arnold Burges Johnson
Publisher
Pages 222
Release 1889
Genre Lighthouses
ISBN

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Hudson River Lighthouses

Hudson River Lighthouses
Title Hudson River Lighthouses PDF eBook
Author Hudson River Maritime Museum
Publisher Arcadia Publishing
Pages 128
Release 2019
Genre History
ISBN 1467103306

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Lighthouses were built on the Hudson River in New York between 1826 to 1921 to help guide freight and passenger traffic. One of the most famous was the iconic Statue of Liberty. This fascinating history with photos will bring the time of traffic along the river alive. Set against the backdrop of purple mountains, lush hillsides, and tidal wetlands, the lighthouses of the Hudson River were built between 1826 and 1921 to improve navigational safety on a river teeming with freight and passenger traffic. Unlike the towering beacons of the seacoasts, these river lighthouses were architecturally diverse, ranging from short conical towers to elaborate Victorian houses. Operated by men and women who at times risked and lost their lives in service of safe navigation, these beacons have overseen more than a century of extraordinary technological and social change. Of the dozens of historic lighthouses and beacons that once dotted the Hudson River, just eight remain, including the iconic Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor's great monument to freedom and immigration, which served as an official lighthouse between 1886 and 1902. Hudson River Lighthouses invites readers to explore these unique icons and their fascinating stories.

The Lighthouse Service

The Lighthouse Service
Title The Lighthouse Service PDF eBook
Author United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce
Publisher
Pages 38
Release 1917
Genre
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Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse

Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse
Title Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse PDF eBook
Author Eric Jay Dolin
Publisher W. W. Norton & Company
Pages 448
Release 2016-04-18
Genre History
ISBN 1631491539

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"What Moby-Dick is to whales, Brilliant Beacons is to lighthouses—a transformative account of a familiar yet mystical subject." —Laurence Bergreen, author of Columbus: The Four Voyages In this "magnificent compendium" (New Republic), best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin presents the definitive history of American lighthouses, and in so doing "illuminate[s] the history of America itself" (Entertainment Weekly). Treating readers to a memorable cast of characters and "fascinating anecdotes" (New York Review of Books), Dolin shows how the story of the nation, from a regional backwater colony to global industrial power, can be illustrated through its lighthouses—from New England to the Gulf of Mexico, the Great Lakes, the Pacific Coast, and all the way to Alaska and Hawaii. A Captain and Classic Boat Best Nautical Book of 2016

Annual Report of the Light-House Board of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury for the Fiscal Year Ended ...

Annual Report of the Light-House Board of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury for the Fiscal Year Ended ...
Title Annual Report of the Light-House Board of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury for the Fiscal Year Ended ... PDF eBook
Author United States. Light-House Board
Publisher
Pages 968
Release 1893
Genre Lighthouses
ISBN

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Light House: A Trifle

Light House: A Trifle
Title Light House: A Trifle PDF eBook
Author William Monahan
Publisher Odyssey Editions
Pages 171
Release 2013-02-05
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1623730104

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A hilarious farce, in which a coastal New England hotel, the reader’s expectations, and possibly The Novel itself, are turned inside out by an outrageous cast of characters, a mutinous Author, and the onset of a disastrous storm.

Historic Lighthouse Preservation Handbook

Historic Lighthouse Preservation Handbook
Title Historic Lighthouse Preservation Handbook PDF eBook
Author
Publisher U.S. Government Printing Office
Pages 326
Release 1997
Genre Architecture
ISBN

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