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Author | : Wayne C. Wheeler |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738508832 |
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Like giant sentinels standing guard, California's lighthouses keep silent vigils over the turbulent waters of the Pacific. In 1850, Congress appropriated funds to build eight lighthouses on the West Coast, and three years later, construction began on the project. The first lighthouse to become operational on the West Coast was that on Alcatraz Island on June 1, 1854. While the other seven were being completed, Congress authorized funds to construct a second set of eight lighthouses, and by 1930, California boasted 40 light stations. This new photographic history contains over 200 rare and beautiful images featuring lighthouses of the South Coast, San Francisco Bay, and the North Coast, as well as lightships and support facilities.
Author | : Wayne Wheeler |
Publisher | : Arcadia Library Editions |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2000-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781531605476 |
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Like giant sentinels standing guard, California's lighthouses keep silent vigils over the turbulent waters of the Pacific. In 1850, Congress appropriated funds to build eight lighthouses on the West Coast, and three years later, construction began on the project. The first lighthouse to become operational on the West Coast was that on Alcatraz Island on June 1, 1854. While the other seven were being completed, Congress authorized funds to construct a second set of eight lighthouses, and by 1930, California boasted 40 light stations. This new photographic history contains over 200 rare and beautiful images featuring lighthouses of the South Coast, San Francisco Bay, and the North Coast, as well as lightships and support facilities.
Author | : Jan Mattson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2016-02-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780692652220 |
Download California Lighthouse Keepers Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Frank A. Perry |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Authors, American |
ISBN | : |
Download Lighthouse Point Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : Dennis M. Powers |
Publisher | : Citadel Press |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780806528427 |
Download Sentinel of the Seas Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
One of the most rugged expanses in the continental U.S., the coast of northern California and Oregon saw frequent shipping disasters in the 19th century, before Congress ordered the construction of lighthouses on such dangerous promontories as Heceta Head, Cape Mendocino and a seaward-trending pile of rocks called St. George Reef. The brave, resourceful engineer who directed the Tillamook Rock lighthouse construction, Alexander Ballantyne, was later engaged for the St. George job, and it's this story that author Powers (Treasure Ship) chronicles here. Without any maps to illustrate it, however, readers will need an atlas to follow the movement of men and ships up and down the coast. Later chapters describing lighthouse life prove less problematic; lighthouse keepers were fascinating, courageous characters (and included a good number of women) who not only kept lights burning and fog horns sounding, but also risked life and limb to rescue people stranded in torrential weather.
Author | : Daniel E. Dempster, Elinor De Wire |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Lighthouses |
ISBN | : 9781610604390 |
Download Lighthouses of the South Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Lighthouse authority Elinor De Wire presents the Southern beacons from the Outer Banks of North Carolina to Pensacola, Florida and salutes the courageous men and women who have tended them. Lighthouses of the South looks back at a bygone era of great storms, shipwrecks, and rescues; perilous fog and natural disasters; and the sequestered lives of lighthouse keepers at remote outposts along the sea.In Lighthouses of the South, readers will learn the history of such popular lighthouses as Cape Florida, Tybee Island, Cape Hatteras, Ocracoke, and Cape Henry. De Wire's lively stories are accented by Daniel Dempster's outstanding four-color photographs of lighthouses, interiors, and lenses. It also includes a bibliography and an appendix that lists all lighthouses of the Southeast Coast.
Author | : Eric Jay Dolin |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2016-04-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1631491539 |
Download Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"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 | : Mary Louise Clifford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download Women who Kept the Lights Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"Hundreds of American women have kept the lamps burning in lighthouses since Hannah Thomas tended Gurnet Point Light in Plymouth, Massachusetts, while her husband was away fighting in the War for Independence. Women Who Kept the Lights details the careers of 30 intrepid women who were official keepers of light stations on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts, on Lake Champlain and the Great Lakes, staying at their posts for periods ranging from a few years to half a century. Most of these women served in the 19th century, when the keeper lit a number of lamps in the tower at dusk, replenished their fuel or replaced them at midnight, and every morning polished the lamps and lanterns to keep their lights shining brightly. Several of these stalwart women were commended for their courage in remaining at their posts through severe storms and hurricanes. A few went to the rescue of seamen when ships capsized or were wrecked. Their varied stories are brought together here for the first time, drawing a multifaceted picture of a unique profession in our maritime history."-- Back cover.
Author | : Ray Jones |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Lighthouses |
ISBN | : 9780762700813 |
Download California Lighthouses Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Provides historical background and descriptive information on some of the most significant lighthouses on the California coastline.
Author | : Tim Harrison |
Publisher | : Lighthouse |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780762704439 |
Download Lost Lighthouses Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Harrison explores approximately 180 lighthouses that have been destroyed or torn down along the American coast. 125 photos.