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    612-822-4611

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3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Maryland's Lighthouses

Maryland's Lighthouses

Taylor, Cathy

Hardcover

Transportation GeneralRegional: Middle Atlantic

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1531633641
ISBN13: 9781531633646
Publisher: Arcadia Lib Ed
Published: Apr 1 2008
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
In Colonial times, as the Chesapeake Bay and larger rivers became vital shipping channels, the need arose to mark Maryland's dangerous shoals and waterways. Lighthouses sprang up throughout the 1800s and early 1900s, including wood-framed cottages placed upon screw pile foundations that stood offshore in the unforgiving waters. Most of these unique structures did not survive, lost tragically to ice that also occasionally claimed the lives of the keepers who faithfully tended them and rescued mariners in trouble. With the advent of electricity and GPS, many beacons succumbed to vandalism and neglect, leaving a fraction remaining.

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