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Book Synopsis Lighthouses of Cape Cod and the Islands by : Arthur P. Richmond
Download or read book Lighthouses of Cape Cod and the Islands written by Arthur P. Richmond and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the attractions of Massachusetts destinations of Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard is their rich array of lighthouses. These architectural feats pepper the shores, where most continue to warn passing ships of the dangers of landfall. Arthur P. Richmond, a well-known photographer of the Cape and Islands, has gathered forty views of their lighthouses, including some views of some interiors and at various seasons. Active lights and inactive lights are presented as beautiful color postcards. Perforated, they can be detached and sent to friends (at 40 cents apiece they are a good bargain), framed and hung on your wall, or kept intact as a souvenir of your summer vacation. This is also the perfect gift for the lighthouse enthusiast or visitor to the New England shore.
Book Synopsis The Morris Island Lighthouse: Charleston's Maritime Beacon by : Douglas W. Bostick
Download or read book The Morris Island Lighthouse: Charleston's Maritime Beacon written by Douglas W. Bostick and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Last Lights by : Ann Westervelt Potts
Download or read book Last Lights written by Ann Westervelt Potts and published by . This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a history of the last manned kerosene powered lighthouses in the world. These lighthouses were built in the Bahamas in the nineteenth century by the British Imperial Lighthouse Service and are now maintained by the Bahamian Government. It is mainly a photographic essay with additional written text.
Download or read book American Lighthouses written by Ray Jones and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebration of the great American lighthouses, their keepers, their histories, and their ongoing stories For more than two centuries, lighthouses have helped sailors find their way through treacherous waters, guiding them home or taking them safely through passages on their way to adventure. These historic towers and houses form a sparkling chain of lights along our coasts, a reminder of the past echoing with adventure and mystery, a lure for travelers looking for a glimpse into a romantic past. Completely revised and updated, American Lighthouses offers more than just a tour of 450 beautiful and historic navigational beacons dotting the coasts and lakes of the United States. This fully illustrated, one-of-a-kind handbook details their history and architecture and provides full information on visiting or viewing them. Included are many endangered lights, threatened by erosion or lack of funding, as well as “ghost lights,” which are no longer standing.
Book Synopsis Lighthouses of the Hawaiian Islands by :
Download or read book Lighthouses of the Hawaiian Islands written by and published by The Lighthouse People. This book was released on 2000 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lighthouses and Islands by : Dan Ellis
Download or read book Lighthouses and Islands written by Dan Ellis and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2010-12-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lighthouses and Islands" presents the Mississippi Sound as the focal point with the channels that flow through it. Ellis traces the historical conditions and movements of the barrier islands and near-shore islands, including ownerships and residents during the past 300 years. It includes descriptions of the lighthouses and their replacements since the first towers were built on the Coast. Primarily, these early lighthouses were built to mark the anchorages and channels used by seagoing vessels trading to New Orleans. The Cat Island channel and the Pass Christian channel were on the Coastal mail route and were the first to receive light towers in 1831. In the early 1800s, a large portion of the cotton that was shipped from Mobile to Europe was taken through the Sound to New Orleans or New York before crossing the Atlantic Ocean. By the mid-1800s, the Coast had become a popular "watering place" for vacationers seeking health spas and comfort. Captain John Grant of Pascagoula, who was dubbed the "Father of Gulf Coast Transportation," erected the Gulf's first private lighthouse at Tower Island, where Fort Powell was located. Both the lighthouse and the fort were destroyed during Civil War actions. Knowledge of the Mississippi Sound need not be only the realm for commercial and sports fishermen. This book offers all Coastians a descriptive comprehension of the marine and ecosystem that Nature has provided. The winds and the tides and submarine currents are in constant action - moving and ever changing the islands - the natural Monuments of the Sea. From the early 1800s, these islands were the foundation onto which many of the first lighthouse towers were built. Island erosion and lighthouse preservation has been a challenge to Coastians for nearly 200 years - and which continues with greater fascination and increased nostalgia - as lighthouses become even more significant to the beholder. Ellis, a former educator and business owner, has published more than a dozen books in his heritage legacy series, and is a contributing writer to several publications and an accomplished public speaker.
Book Synopsis Rhode Island Lighthouses by : Richard Holmes
Download or read book Rhode Island Lighthouses written by Richard Holmes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a pictorial history of Rhode Island's thirty-one lighthouses and two lightships stations. There are over 200 photographs in the book, including rare views of Gould Island Lighthouse, Nayatt Point Lighthouse and Point Judith Lighthouse. There are plans for Nayatt Point Lighthouse and Brenton Reef Lightship LV-102/WAL 525.
Book Synopsis Lighthouses and Coastal Attractions of Southern New England by : Allan Wood
Download or read book Lighthouses and Coastal Attractions of Southern New England written by Allan Wood and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 360 color photos and maps, this image-rich guide covers all 92 lighthouse locations in the New England states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. For tourists, historians, lighthouse enthusiasts, and other travelers, here are practical directions and historical tidbits not only on the lighthouses, but on the tours, attractions, and other sites of interest in the coastal communities these beacons have long protected. Enjoy boat cruises, organizations involved in local lighthouse preservation, and plenty of indoor and outdoor attractions and entertainment, including attractions off the beaten path like snack shacks or strange amusements.
Book Synopsis Lighthouses and Life Saving Along the Connecticut and Rhode Island Coast by : James Claflin
Download or read book Lighthouses and Life Saving Along the Connecticut and Rhode Island Coast written by James Claflin and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2001-06-06 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lighthouses and Life Saving along the Connecticut and Rhode Island Coast is the third in a series of titles offering a unique tribute to the men and women who protected the mariners as they traveled along New England's rocky coastline. Thousands of vessels faced the dangers of the rugged sea which caused hundreds of shipwrecks off the coast with devastating losses. Author James Claflin combines a thoroughly descriptive text with this diverse collection of over two hundred vintage images, from private as well as museum collections, to create an illustrated history of an area strongly reliant on its coastal trade. The U.S. Light-House Establishment and the U.S. Life-Saving Service, which later merged to become the U.S. Coast Guard, assumed the responsibility of lighting and protecting the coasts. Inside, you will see the lighthouse keeper at Bullock's Point Light as he surveys the damage from the Hurricane of 1938, witness the life savers at Block Island's Sandy Point Station where first word of the wreck of the steamer Larchmont was received, and experience life on an offshore lightship. The book guides you through the days of the life savers-the work they performed, their rescues, and the evolution of their architecture through the years.
Book Synopsis Lighthouses of New England by : Ray Jones
Download or read book Lighthouses of New England written by Ray Jones and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-04-01 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New England's lighthouses project more than lifesaving beams across treacherous expanses of water. They also project an aura of steadfastness, dependability, and safety--and deservedly so. This guide features descriptions and beautiful photographs of more than sixty lighthouses from Northern Maine to the Long Island Sound.
Book Synopsis All Among the Lighthouses by : Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
Download or read book All Among the Lighthouses written by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield and published by Boston, D. Lothrop Company [1886]. This book was released on 1886 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Lighthouses and Coastal Attractions of Northern New England by : Allan Wood
Download or read book Lighthouses and Coastal Attractions of Northern New England written by Allan Wood and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With more than 360 color photos and maps, this image-rich guide covers all 76 lighthouse locations in the New England states of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. For tourists, historians, lighthouse enthusiasts, and other travelers, here are practical directions and historical tidbits not only on the lighthouses, but on the tours, attractions, and other sites of interest in the coastal communities these beacons have long protected. Enjoy boat cruises, organizations involved in local lighthouse preservation, and plenty of indoor and outdoor attractions and entertainment, including attractions off the beaten path like snack shacks or strange amusements.
Book Synopsis Raspberry Island Light Station by : David H. Wallace
Download or read book Raspberry Island Light Station written by David H. Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses by : Samuel Willard Crompton
Download or read book The Ultimate Book of Lighthouses written by Samuel Willard Crompton and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sheer beauty of the elegant, lonely lighthouses along our shores — and their unspoiled, scenic natural settings — has captivated our collective imagination. More than simply picturesque, the lighthouse has become an enduring symbol of salvation, fortitude, and heroic folklore. The Ultimate Lighthouse Book is a panoramic, lavishly illustrated history of these legendary buildings and celebrates the rich heritage of our ancestors’ courageous efforts to guide mariners through treacherous seas and storms. Over 200 color photographs are featured in this fully revised, expanded and updated edition.
Book Synopsis Lighthouses of the Carolinas by : Terrance Zepke
Download or read book Lighthouses of the Carolinas written by Terrance Zepke and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 1998 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author presents historical and contemporary photographs of the lighthouses of the Carolinas, stories of how they were built and of the people who lived and worked there, and information concerning visits to the surrounding areas.
Book Synopsis Lighthouses of the Southern States by : Ray Jones
Download or read book Lighthouses of the Southern States written by Ray Jones and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-12-15 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lighthouses of the Southern States is the classic guide to the most significant lighthouses in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. Through stirring historic accounts and stunning color and archival photographs, the stories of more than thirty-five lighthouses come alive in vivid detail. Each light––from Bodie Island Light on the Outer Banks to the Cape Florida Light outside Miami––tells its own engrossing tale of survival. Discover the rich history behind these majestic sentinels, and learn more about visiting them.
Download or read book Florida Lighthouses written by John Hairr and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sporting the second-longest coastline in the United States, Florida has over 8,000 miles of sparkling beaches and waterfront property. This valuable landscape and the region's position between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico made Florida key in the early expansion of American trade routes, but the state's several capes and dangerous reefs, rocks, and shoals made travel quite perilous to unwary mariners. When commerce and traffic began to grow between ports on the East Coast and along the Gulf of Mexico in the nineteenth century, it became necessary to construct aids to navigation along the state's long and treacherous coast. Lighthouses were the solution. Constructed in a variety of styles and sizes, Florida's lighthouses were erected on what, at the time, were some of the most desolate regions of the southeastern United States and included lonely offshore islands. Manned and inhabited by vigilant keepers and their families, these towers illuminated the dark seas and provided the beacon that guided lost travelers. Large brick structures watched over St. Augustine, Pensacola, and Ponce de Leon Inlet; iron skeletons towered over Crooked River and Hillsboro Inlet; and screwpile lighthouses stood as sentinels in the waters off the Florida Keys.
