[PDF] Pennsylvania Lighthouses On Lake Erie eBook

Author : Eugene H. Ware
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 28,59 MB
Release : 2016-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1625856032

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Four lighthouses remain in Pennsylvania, and Lake Erie is home to three. In 1818, Old Presque Isle Light became the first United States lighthouse built on the lake's shore. But a need for even more navigational assistance gave birth to the North Pierhead Lighthouse forty years later. The Presque Isle Light Station first shined on Lake Erie in July 1873. Thanks to the guidance from these landmarks, Erie's port is one of the busiest in the Great Lakes. Author Eugene Ware offers an edifying history of Erie Harbor lights.

Author : Eugene H. Ware
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 14,65 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1467118745

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Four lighthouses remain in Pennsylvania, and Lake Erie is home to three. In 1818, Old Presque Isle Light became the first United States lighthouse built on the lake's shore. But a need for even more navigational assistance gave birth to the North Pierhead Lighthouse forty years later. The Presque Isle Light Station first shined on Lake Erie in July 1873. Thanks to the guidance from these landmarks, Erie's port is one of the busiest in the Great Lakes. Author Eugene Ware offers an edifying history of Erie Harbor lights.

Author : Timothy E. Harrison
Publisher :
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 45,84 MB
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Great Lakes Region (North America)
ISBN : 9780977829347

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Ghost Lights of Lake Erie isfilled with informative text and many historical photographs of lighthouses that once guarded the shores of Lake Erie.

Author : James Proffitt
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 24,92 MB
Release : 2015-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1625855842

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When the Marblehead Lighthouse first lit its flame in 1822, it drew on whale oil. The beacon flickered through lard, kerosene and LED lights over the next two centuries, while the tower weathered razing and reorganization. Despite the advent of GPS, the light still provides a solid basis for boats and ships to navigate the nearshore waters of the peninsula. The lighthouse's rich history boasts the first female keeper on the Great Lakes, as well as a place on Ohio license plates and on a U.S. postage stamp. James Proffitt gives an in-depth profile of the most photographed site in the state.

Author : Wil O'Connell
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 21,73 MB
Release : 2011-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781531655433

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Ohio Lighthouses reveals a multitude of stories about the structures along Lake Erie. It chronicles make overs, such as the transformation of the 1821 Marblehead Lighthouse from ugly duckling to beautiful swan. It also documents heartbreaking tales, like the story of the fire at the Green Island Lighthouse that started during a New Year's dinner while the lighthouse keeper's son watched from a mile away on South Bass Island; he, along with friends, unable to come to the rescue in a snowstorm. It touches on the strength of Mother Nature, such as late one fall when a blizzard struck as two lighthouse keepers were preparing to leave the Ashtabula Lighthouse for the winter. For three days, waves washed over the lighthouse in sub-zero temperatures, and water froze as it fell. The sun came out on the fourth day, but the men found themselves unable to open the door. Other interesting histories include those of the lost lighthouse, a disappearing lighthouse sinking into Lake Erie, a Romanesque lighthouse 8 miles from shore, the wood lighthouse on a slightly sinful island, the lighthouse built to last forever but slated for the wrecking ball, and more.

Author : Daniel E. Dempster, Todd R. Berger
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,90 MB
Release : 2002
Category :
ISBN : 9781610604376

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The lighthouses of the Great Lakes, for so long guiding ships to safety across the rough waters, still stand as beacons to adventurous travelers. Rich with vintage and contemporary photographs, picturing the lighthouses inside and out, by day and by night, the book takes you into the fascinating history of the structures at Split Rock, Sandusky, Big Sable Point, Old Mackinac Point Light, and Marblehead Light, to name a few. Berger’s stories about keepers and their families, horrific storms, and even encounters with ghosts bring to vivid life the lost world of these historic lighthouses. A thoroughly engaging tour page by page, the book also makes travel to these destinations easy as well as edifying, with maps, directions, and a comprehensive appendix listing all the current lighthouses.

Author : Ray Jones
Publisher :
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 35,58 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Photography
ISBN :

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Sixteen lighthouses were built before the Revolution; hundreds more have been built since, creating the world's most complex system of navigational aid. No other national lighthouse system compares with that of the United States in size and diversity of architecture and engineering.