Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (Images of America) - Softcover

Riddle, Mary Ellen; Stover, Douglas

 
9781467106139: Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (Images of America)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1467106135 ISBN 13: 9781467106139
Verlag: Arcadia Publishing (SC), 2021

Inhaltsangabe

The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, standing 198.49 feet, is the tallest brick lighthouse in the United States. From 1803, when the first Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was built, to today, it cast its light over the waters off the Outer Banks of North Carolina, also called the "Graveyard of the Atlantic." Its history--stretching from Augustin-Jean Fresnel's lens laboratory in France to the beaches of Hatteras Island where the lighthouse keepers labored--includes war, shipwrecks, hurricanes, and cutting-edge technology. Due to politics, funding, and its precarious location, it took great effort to erect and protect a lighthouse built on a barrier island. The supporters and caretakers were many, including Alexander Hamilton in the 1700s and children donating coins to a statewide preservation campaign in 1982. In the 21st century, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse continues to send out its beam to mariners.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Douglas Stover served as cultural resources manager and historian at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. He retired from the National Park Service in 2013 after 32 years. Stover is an author and editor of several publications, including Cape Hatteras National Seashore from Arcadia Publishing. The Cape Hatteras National Park Service provided most of the historic images that bring to life the journey of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse from an early need to an epic relocation.

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Verlag
Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1467106135
ISBN 13 
9781467106139
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
127
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