Author : Douglas W. Bostick
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 16,87 MB
Release : 2008-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1625843712
Douglas Bostick, historian and former director of Save the Light, Inc., recounts the stories of the many lightkeepers and their families who braved meager provisions, low pay and grueling conditions living on a small island at the entrance to Charleston Harbor.
Author : Eric Jay Dolin
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 30,79 MB
Release : 2016-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 1631491539
"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
Author : Various
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 725 pages
File Size : 18,67 MB
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1108054536
The 1862 Nautical Magazine reports on the Slave Trade Treaty, trans-Canadian transport, submarine telegraph projects and a scientific balloon ascent.
Author : United States. Light-House Board
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Page : 124 pages
File Size : 25,47 MB
Release : 1877
Category : Lighthouses
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Author : Margie Willis Clary
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 20,22 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738554006
Boasting one of the oldest lighthouses in North America and the most working lighthouses today, South Carolina has a long seafaring history. In 1767, the Morris Island Lighthouse was built at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, and before 1860, there were lighthouses in Georgetown, Cape Romain, Bull's Bay, and Hunting Island. During the Civil War, all lighthouses on the eastern coast were darkened. Many were destroyed. After the war, towers that had been damaged were repaired, and additional lights were erected on Daufuskie and Hilton Head Islands. In 1962, the new Charleston Light on Sullivan's Island replaced the Morris Island Lighthouse, which was suffering from erosion by the ever-encroaching sea. The new light contained an elevator and two rotating beacons capable of producing 28 million candlepower, a light that can be seen 26 miles out to sea. At that time, it was considered one of the most powerful lights in the Western Hemisphere.
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Page : 838 pages
File Size : 25,46 MB
Release : 1874
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
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Page : 796 pages
File Size : 36,59 MB
Release : 1868
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Page : 766 pages
File Size : 47,12 MB
Release : 1890
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Page : 758 pages
File Size : 22,76 MB
Release : 1886
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Page : 740 pages
File Size : 47,72 MB
Release : 1862
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