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List Price: $33.95Price: $24.94 You Save: $9.01 (27%)as of 09/02/2010 10:59 EDT
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 387.155097521
Fabric Type: 9781885457073
Fax Number: 1st
Graphics Memory Size: Illustrated
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Metal Type: Eastwind Publishing
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 138
Total External Bays Free: 1996-04
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Many of the historic lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay have remained operational since their first lighting in the 19th century. The history of lighthouse construction on North American shores began in earnest with the congress of the fledgling United States government in 1789, on the Chesapeake Bay. This book for lighthouse buffs includes colour photographs showing the lighthouses today, mixed with vintage black and white photographs that recall the days of manned operation.
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This is an excellent book on the existing lighthouses of the Chesapeake Bay, and a must-have for anyone interested in lighthouses.
A chapter is dedicated to each of the remaining lighthouses of the bay, and is teaming with historical facts surrounding the lighthouse in question. Along with wonderful, large color photographs of the lights as they presently exist, many chapters include additional black and white prints of the lighthouses in earlier days.
The introduction is very ... Read More
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