Download or read book Lost Lighthouses written by Tim Harrison and published by Lighthouse. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harrison explores approximately 180 lighthouses that have been destroyed or torn down along the American coast. 125 photos.
Download or read book Hudson River Lighthouses written by Hudson River Maritime Museum and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Forgotten Beacons written by Patrick Hornberger and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lost in Michigan written by Mike Sonnenberg and published by Huron Photo. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the popular Lost In Michigan website that was featured in the Detroit Free Press, It contains locations throughout Michigan, and tells their interesting story. There are over 50 stories and locations that you will find fascinating.
Download or read book Great Lakes Lighthouses Encyclopedia written by Larry Wright and published by Erin, Ont. : Boston Mills Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, illustrated encyclopedic guide to more than 650 Great Lakes lighthouses; US and Canada, current and historic. For each there is a description that includes history and construction details, and if open to the public how to access it.
Download or read book The Lost Light written by Kevin P. Duffus and published by Looking Glass Productions Incorporated. This book was released on 2003 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Light solves what has been described as "one of the great-unsolved mysteries of American lighthouse history." Called the holy grail of American lighthouse history, the 6,000 pound bronze and glass first-order Fresnel lens from the 1803 Cape Hatteras Lighthouse has been lost for 140 years. On the eve of the Civil War, the apparatus, produced in France of more than 1,000 hand-polished, crown -crystal prisms, was removed from the top of the first Hatteras tower in a desperate act to prevent the beacon from aiding the Union Navy's blockade. The lens was later hidden in a good storehouse in an obscure farming community, 200 miles inland. Throughout the war, the location eluded its former owners and even 28,000 men of Sherman's army. As years passed the magnificent artifact simply vanished into the mists of time. It is a mystery no more. Solved by the author, Kevin Duffus, the story of the Hatteras lens's extraordinary odyssey is an astonishing tale of plot twists, ironies, redemption and dishonor, spanning 200 years of American history.
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.
Download or read book Michigan s Haunted Lighthouses written by Dianna Stampfler and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-26 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travel Michigan’s coast—and into the state’s history—with otherworldly tales of the spirits of those who sought to keep its waters safe. Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state, with more than 120 dotting its expansive Great Lakes shoreline. Many of these lighthouses lay claim to haunted happenings. Former keepers like the cigar-smoking Captain Townshend at Seul Choix Point and prankster John Herman at Waugoshance Shoal near Mackinaw City maintain their watch long after death ended their duties. At White River Light Station in Whitehall, Sarah Robinson still keeps a clean and tidy house, and a mysterious young girl at the Marquette Harbor Lighthouse seeks out other children and female companions. Countless spirits remain between Whitefish Point and Point Iroquois in an area well known for its many tragic shipwrecks. Join author and Promote Michigan founder Dianna Stampfler as she recounts the tales from Michigan’s ghostly beacons. “Haunting tales of Michigan’s lighthouses . . . Her stories come from lighthouse museums, friends and family.”—Great Lakes Echo
Download or read book Endangered Lighthouses written by Tim Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the stories of over fifty lighthouses in the U.S. and Canada that are in danger of being lost forever due to erosion, vandalism, fire, or neglect, and includes before and after photographs, as well as information about lighthouses that have been sucessfully restored.
Download or read book American Lighthouses written by Bruce Roberts and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. American Lighthouses offers more than just a tour of over 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.
Download or read book Haunted Lighthouses written by Ray Jones and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lighthouses and ghosts are two popular passions. Melded together by master storyteller and lighthouse expert Ray Jones, these tales of spirited lights are guaranteed to grab the attention of all readers. As an added bonus, practical information is given for those who wish to visit the featured lighthouses for themselves . . . if they dare.
Download or read book The Haunted Lighthouse written by Shana Gorian and published by Shana Gorian. This book was released on with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a mysterious beam of light appears during a thunderstorm off the coast of Maine, three friends go in search of answers and find themselves unraveling an otherworldly tale. On a visit to a coastal harbor town, the world is Noah’s oyster as long as the stormy weather doesn’t ruin the fun. Summer break has just begun, and with seven days of freedom, how much trouble can thirteen-year-old Noah, his best friend, and his sister really find? Plenty, as it turns out. Because when the kids go snooping around an old, decommissioned lighthouse, its troublesome secrets begin to reveal themselves, and the kids are about to stumble upon a hundred-year-old mystery that still haunts the nearby fishing village. Follow the adventures of three unlikely sleuths in the Tales of the Lost & Found, a new middle grade mystery series by Shana Gorian, recommended for ages 9-12. No graphic violence or language.
Download or read book Historically Famous Lighthouses written by United States. Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lighthouses of Texas written by Steph McDougal and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not long after winning their independence from Mexico in 1836, Texans began clamoring for lighthouses. Hundreds of miles of barrier islands, shifting sandbars, and shallow bays made the Texas coast treacherous at a time when few overland routes provided access to the new republic. Beginning in 1852, twenty-eight lighthouses were built along the Texas coastline, on land and over water. Lighthouse service was often a family affair, with husbands, wives, and children working together as keepers and assistants. For nearly 70 years, construction continued as coastal erosion, hurricanes, and wars regularly damaged or destroyed those lighthouses already built. These sentinels of the sea lessened but did not eliminate the chance of shipwreck, so lifesaving stations, manned by able seamen with unsinkable surfboats, were established as well. As Texass lighthouses were gradually automated throughout the 20th century, many were sold to private owners or abandoned. Today, several have been restored, and twoat Aransas Pass and Port Isabelstill function as aids to navigation.--Amazon.come.
Download or read book Report of the Lighthouses Commission 1906 written by Cape of Good Hope (South Africa). Lighthouses Commission, 1906 and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Mirror of Pharos written by J S Landor and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An action-packed, high concept, time-travelling adventure. Full of animal magic and with an epic wolf character. Linked to a website with ‘Meet the Character’ profiles, book excerpt and background stories
Download or read book The Light Between Oceans written by M.L. Stedman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cloth bag containing ten copies of the title.
