The Morris Island Lighthouse Charlestons Maritime Beacon

Author : Douglas W. Bostick
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625843712
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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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.

Author : Margie Willis Clary
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531634094
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book South Carolina Lighthouses written by Margie Willis Clary and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2008-07 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : John Hairr
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625845308
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of South Carolina Lighthouses written by John Hairr and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-02-25 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before radar, depth finders and satellite-guided navigation, long before the seafloor was charted with scientific precision, mariners relied on lighthouses to approach a coastline safely. South Carolina's history with lighthouses goes back nearly two and a half centuries. At Cape Romain, a windmill was converted into a lighthouse. St. Philip's Church in Charleston was converted into a beacon for seafarers to aid navigation to the Holy City. With such a long and storied past, the story of South Carolina's lighthouses is inseparable from its maritime history. Join author John Hairr as he recounts the fascinating history of these beacons that have shone above the shores of the Palmetto State.

Author : Eric Jay Dolin
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1631491539
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brilliant Beacons: A History of the American Lighthouse written by Eric Jay Dolin and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2016-04-18 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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 : Bill Bleyer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439663483
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fire Island Lighthouse written by Bill Bleyer and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first Fire Island Lighthouse was constructed in 1826 after numerous shipwrecks along the barrier island. A replacement tower built in 1858 incorporated innovations in lighthouse design such as the Fresnel lens. Vessels anchored offshore, known as lightships, augmented the lighthouse for many years. The Coast Guard shut down the site in 1973. Through the efforts of the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society and the National Park Service, the beautiful structure was meticulously restored and the tower relit in 1986. Along with a selection of wonderful color photographs depicting the grandeur of the lighthouse, author Bill Bleyer charts the history of Long Island's cherished Fire Island Lighthouse.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle... a Journal of Papers on Subjects Connected with Maritime Affairs written by and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 34 pages
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Download or read book List of Beacons, Buoys, Towers, and Other Day-marks in the Sixth Light-House District Embracing the Sea-coasts, Harbors, Sounds, and Rivers from New River Inlet, North Carolina, Southward Along the Coast to Just North of Jupiter Inlet, Florida, and Including the Indian River written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Henry J. Rogers
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Code of Marine Signals ... written by Henry J. Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 740 pages
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Download or read book The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle written by and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1176 pages
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Download or read book The Nautical Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 1176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: