| Delaware Lighthouses and Range Lights Contributor(s): Roales, Judith (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738544191 ISBN-13: 9780738544199 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: Delaware does not usually come to mind as one of Americas great maritime states. Yet it has a long history of firsts, innovations, and improvements in lighthouse construction and technology dating from the beginning of lighthouse history in the United States. One of the original six lighthouses built before the founding of this country was in Delaware. In the following years, major offshore lighthouses and an extensive system of range lights were established. At the height of its lighthouse history, Delaware had 27 manned light stations that warned mariners of the shoals and colliding currents at the mouth of the Delaware Bay and guided ships safely from the Atlantic Ocean to the inland ports of Wilmington and Philadelphia. Most of Delawares lighthouses are gone now, preserved only in faded photographs and yellowed documents such as those collected here. The lights that remain struggle daily to survive the punishing hands of vandals and Mother Nature. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Historical - Travel | Museums, Tours, Points Of Interest |
| Dewey: 387.155 |
| LCCN: 2006938607 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6.53" W x 9.2" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Delaware - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
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| Publisher Description: Delaware does not usually come to mind as one of America s great maritime states. Yet it has a long history of firsts, innovations, and improvements in lighthouse construction and technology dating from the beginning of lighthouse history in the United States. One of the original six lighthouses built before the founding of this country was in Delaware. In the following years, major offshore lighthouses and an extensive system of range lights were established. At the height of its lighthouse history, Delaware had 27 manned light stations that warned mariners of the shoals and colliding currents at the mouth of the Delaware Bay and guided ships safely from the Atlantic Ocean to the inland ports of Wilmington and Philadelphia. Most of Delaware s lighthouses are gone now, preserved only in faded photographs and yellowed documents such as those collected here. The lights that remain struggle daily to survive the punishing hands of vandals and Mother Nature." |
Contributor Bio(s): Roales, Judith: - Judith Roales is a retired newspaper person whose love of lighthouse history in Delaware began with her first job as a reporter there in 1964. Currently she is president of the Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation, which is preserving three historic lighthouses. |