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Cape San Blas - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Cape San Blas - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph

Stereograph shows Cape San Blas Lighthouse with attached house. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Light-house wood engraving, Library of Congress

Old Light-house wood engraving, Library of Congress

Illus. in: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, v. 53, no. 314 (1876 July), p. 170.

Stannard's Rock light house, Lake Superior

Stannard's Rock light house, Lake Superior

Section of piers and elevations of hoisting engine and derricks (above) and Plan (below) Illus. in: Annual Report of the U.S. Light-House Board, 1882, pl. 13.

Lighthouse Rocks at the Nubble, York, Maine

Lighthouse Rocks at the Nubble, York, Maine

Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lighthouse The Nubble Island, York Beach, ME

Lighthouse The Nubble Island, York Beach, ME

Postcard shows the Nubble lighthouse station on York Beach, a small rocky island in Maine, with a row boat crossing between coasts. F40517 U.S. Copyright Office.

S.S. M.W. i.e. Howard M. Hanna on reef (near Pt. Austin light, Lake Huron)

S.S. M.W. i.e. Howard M. Hanna on reef (near Pt. Austin light, Lake Hu...

Title from jacket. On boat: H[?]owa[...] No Detroit Publishing Co. no. 022788. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Portland Head Light, Portland, Maine] / CK.

[Portland Head Light, Portland, Maine] / CK.

Lighthouse, Portland, Maine, shining light on distant ship. J221180 U.S. Copyright Office.

Herald Colonial Beach Tour - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Herald Colonial Beach Tour - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portland headlight, Portland, Maine

Portland headlight, Portland, Maine

Photograph shows lighthouse with surf crashing on rocky shore. Additional title on item: Portland Head Light, Me. Title from copyright registration.

Front view, utility building, Wyatt unit. Southeast Missouri

Front view, utility building, Wyatt unit. Southeast Missouri

Public domain photo of lighthouse, sea shore, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Carol M. Highsmith - Hunting Island Lighthouse, South Carolina

Carol M. Highsmith - Hunting Island Lighthouse, South Carolina

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

The Navesink Twin Lights is situated 200 feet above sea level in Highlands, New Jersey

The Navesink Twin Lights is situated 200 feet above sea level in Highl...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. The lighthouse overlooks the Shrewsbury River, Sandy Ho... More

Harbour Town Light, Hilton Head, South Carolina

Harbour Town Light, Hilton Head, South Carolina

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Completed in 1970, this was the first privately finance... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Cape Hatteras lighthouse, North Carolina

Carol M. Highsmith - Cape Hatteras lighthouse, North Carolina

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Distant view of Point Bonita Light, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the opening to the sea that is the Golden Gate.  San Francisco, California

Distant view of Point Bonita Light, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the op...

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

The town of Stonington, Connecticut

The town of Stonington, Connecticut

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Annisquam Light, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Annisquam Light, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017004. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Harbor entrance and light house, Charlevoix, Mich

Harbor entrance and light house, Charlevoix, Mich

Corresponding glass transparency (same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-29397. Negatives are close variants. "Dup" on negative B. Negative A cracked from lower left. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01229... More

The Kin-der-Kids (abroad). The Kids pass Sandy Hook light

The Kin-der-Kids (abroad). The Kids pass Sandy Hook light

Four-panel Sunday comic strip a man in a lighthouse named "Sandy Hook" spies a strange-looking object which upon closer inspection turns out to be the Kin-der-Kids aboard their bathtub with Daniel Webster. The ... More

Old Cape Florida Light House. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Old Cape Florida Light House. 19th century, Library of Congress collec...

Photograph showing Old Cape Florida Lighthouse, Key Biscayne, Florida, with palm trees, at end of dirt path, in a state of disrepair.

Land Lighthouse, Front Street, Land Lighthouse Park, Erie, Erie County, PA

Land Lighthouse, Front Street, Land Lighthouse Park, Erie, Erie County...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-48 Survey number: HABS PA-517 Building/structure dates: 1867 Initial Construction

Biloxi, Miss., cyanotype, mammoth plate negative

Biloxi, Miss., cyanotype, mammoth plate negative

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Brown's Head Light Station, Northwest point of Vinalhaven Island, off Crockett River Road, Vinalhaven, Knox County, ME

Brown's Head Light Station, Northwest point of Vinalhaven Island, off ...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Point Light Station, On Cape Jellison at end of Fort Point Road in Fort Point State Park, Stockton Springs, Waldo County, ME

Fort Point Light Station, On Cape Jellison at end of Fort Point Road i...

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan, San Juan Municipio, PR

Castillo de San Felipe del Morro, Northwest end of San Juan, San Juan,...

Significance: This fort is one of the three defenses erected to protect Spain's first permanent colony in the present territory of the United States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: ... More

Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL

Grosse Point Lighthouse, 2601 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Cook County, IL

2003 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The Grosse Point lighthouse played a significant role in the development of maritime commerce on the Great Lakes. It was the leading historic navigational ai... More

Cape Saint George Lighthouse, Cape St. George , Apalachicola, Franklin County, FL

Cape Saint George Lighthouse, Cape St. George , Apalachicola, Franklin...

Significance: The Cape Saint George Lighthouse was erected in 1852 and served as an aid to navigation until the light was disestablished in July 1994. This is the third tower built on St. George Island. The fir... More

Faro de Puerto Ferro, Isla de Vieques, Vieques, Vieques Municipio, PR

Faro de Puerto Ferro, Isla de Vieques, Vieques, Vieques Municipio, PR

Significance: Puerto Ferro Light was established in 1896 as an octagonal tower on top of a rectangular dwelling. Its primary characteristics were a 5th order white flashing light every 5 seconds and a 12 mile ... More

Faro de Puerto Ferro, Isla de Vieques, Vieques, Vieques Municipio, PR

Faro de Puerto Ferro, Isla de Vieques, Vieques, Vieques Municipio, PR

Significance: Puerto Ferro Light was established in 1896 as an octagonal tower on top of a rectangular dwelling. Its primary characteristics were a 5th order white flashing light every 5 seconds and a 12 mile ... More

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Pensacola Lighthouse, San Carlos Road, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Significance: This structure was built in 1826. It was bombarded by Union forces during the War Between the States. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-60 Survey number: HABS FL-147... More

Faro del Puerto de Ponce, Calo Cardona,Puerto de Ponce, Ponce, Ponce Municipio, PR

Faro del Puerto de Ponce, Calo Cardona,Puerto de Ponce, Ponce, Ponce M...

Significance: Cayo Cardona is located on a small 6 acre key west of Ponce Harbor. The light, built in 1889, guides the entrance to the Port of Ponce, as a 6th order red fixed light. Survey number: HAER PR-16 ... More

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatham County, GA

Cockspur Lighthouse, Cockspur Island, Savannah River, Savannah, Chatha...

Significance: The lighthouse, which was extinguished in 1909, is one of only five remaining lighthouses in the state of Georgia having withstood the battle between Union and Confederate forces on April 10-11, 1... More

Frank's Island Lighthouse, North East Pass, Mississippi River, Boothville, Plaquemines Parish, LA

Frank's Island Lighthouse, North East Pass, Mississippi River, Boothvi...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N735 Survey number: HABS LA-19 Building/structure dates: 1823 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 18q2 Subsequent Work

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County, CA

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County,...

Original working drawings are located at the National Archives. Lighthouse has rotating gear, & the complex has a watch house. Significance: This was the earliest lighthouse on the west coast to have a First-ir... More

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County, CA

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, State Highway 1, Pescadero, San Mateo County,...

Original working drawings are located at the National Archives. Lighthouse has rotating gear, & the complex has a watch house. Significance: This was the earliest lighthouse on the west coast to have a First-ir... More

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson, Garden Key, Key West, Monroe County, FL

Fort Jefferson was part of Fort Jefferson National Monument from 1935 to 1992. Since then it has been part of Dry Tortugas National Park. The address for the survey has been updated to reflect this change. Sign... More

Thirty-mile Point Lighthouse, Golden Hill Park, Lake Ontario, Somerset, Niagara County, NY
Thirty-mile Point Lighthouse, Golden Hill Park, Lake Ontario, Somerset, Niagara County, NY
Saddleback Ledge Lighthouse, On Saddleback Ledge in Penobscot Bay, Rockland, Knox County, ME

Saddleback Ledge Lighthouse, On Saddleback Ledge in Penobscot Bay, Roc...

Significance: This structure, built in 1839, is an outstanding example of the lighthouses built on the New England coast. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-40 Survey number: HABS ... More

St. Croix Island National Monument, Lighthouse & Residence, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

St. Croix Island National Monument, Lighthouse & Residence, Bar Harbor...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-59 Survey number: HABS ME-168-A

St. Croix Island National Monument, Lighthouse & Residence, Bar Harbor, Hancock County, ME

St. Croix Island National Monument, Lighthouse & Residence, Bar Harbor...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-59 Survey number: HABS ME-168-A

Lighthouse at end of ship canal, St. Clair Lake, [i.e., Sand Island Lighthouse near Bayfield, Wisconsin]

Lighthouse at end of ship canal, St. Clair Lake, [i.e., Sand Island Li...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain image of 19th-century France, historical building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Faro Isla de Culebritas, South side of Isla Culebrita, Culebra, Culebra Municipio, PR

Faro Isla de Culebritas, South side of Isla Culebrita, Culebra, Culebr...

Significance: Isla Culebrita Light was built in 1886 on the western side of Virgin Passage. In both design and importance of location the stone structure is unique. In 1888 the 4th order light showed a fixed ... More

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Point of Cape Hatteras, access road from Route 12, Buxton, Dare County, NC

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Point of Cape Hatteras, access road from Rou...

Public domain photograph of stairs, steps, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Point of Cape Hatteras, access road from Route 12, Buxton, Dare County, NC

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Point of Cape Hatteras, access road from Rou...

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Point of Cape Hatteras, access road from Route 12, Buxton, Dare County, NC

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, Point of Cape Hatteras, access road from Rou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a tower, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[View of lighthouse from beach, Duluth, Minn., 1903]

[View of lighthouse from beach, Duluth, Minn., 1903]

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Point Reyes Lighthouse, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Point Reyes Lighthouse, Point Reyes Station, Marin County, CA

Complex has a fog building. Survey number: HABS CA-2250 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 91001100

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Bodie Island Light Station, Off Highway 12, Nags Head, Dare County, NC

Significance: Bodie Island Light Station served as an important aid to navigation in a system of lighthouses guiding mariners along the hazardous waters of the Outer Banks of North Carolina, often referred to a... More

Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower, South bank of Mispillion River at it confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford, Sussex County, DE

Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower, South bank of Mispillion River at...

Significance: The beacon tower is associated with Mispillion Lighthouse, one of three surviving lighthouses in Delaware, and is an early example of the importance of steel-frame tower construction in providing ... More

Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower, South bank of Mispillion River at it confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford, Sussex County, DE

Mispillion Lighthouse, Beacon Tower, South bank of Mispillion River at...

Significance: The beacon tower is associated with Mispillion Lighthouse, one of three surviving lighthouses in Delaware, and is an early example of the importance of steel-frame tower construction in providing ... More

Faro del Puerto de Guanica, Punta Meseta, Guanica, Guanica Municipio, PR

Faro del Puerto de Guanica, Punta Meseta, Guanica, Guanica Municipio, ...

Significance: The Guanica Light is completely vandalized and in ruins, projected against the hills and dry mountains which form the east entrance to Guanica Harbor; one of the most important, busiest, and best ... More

Faro de las Cabezas de San Juan, Cabezas de San Juan, Las Croabas, Fajardo Municipio, PR

Faro de las Cabezas de San Juan, Cabezas de San Juan, Las Croabas, Faj...

Significance: In 1782, one hundred years before the final construction of Cabo San Juan Lighthouse, Fray Inigo Abbad y Lasierra, who wrote the first formal history of Puerto Rico stated that: "The mountain peak... More

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay, Lexington Park, St. Mary's County, MD

Cedar Point Lighthouse, Cedar Point at Patuxent River & Chesapeake Bay...

Significance: The significance of the Cedar Point Lighthouse lies in the history of navigation and commerce in the Chesapeake Bay. Additionally, the shell of a building which remained in 1981 had some architec... More

Hereford Inlet Light Station, 154 Central Avenue, North Wildwood, Cape May County, NJ

Hereford Inlet Light Station, 154 Central Avenue, North Wildwood, Cape...

Significance: In 1871 a proposal was made by the U.S. Lighthouse Board to build a "small light, say a fourth order" about 11 miles north of the Cape May Light. The Hereford Station was completed in 1874. The st... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base...

See HAER DC-56, U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class for overview. Significance: WHITE PINE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 448 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provide... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base...

See HAER DC-56, U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class for overview. Significance: WHITE PINE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 448 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provide... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base...

See HAER DC-56, U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class for overview. Significance: WHITE PINE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 448 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provide... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base...

See HAER DC-56, U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class for overview. Significance: WHITE PINE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 448 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provide... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base...

See HAER DC-56, U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class for overview. Significance: WHITE PINE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 448 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provide... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base...

See HAER DC-56, U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class for overview. Significance: WHITE PINE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 448 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provide... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base...

See HAER DC-56, U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class for overview. Significance: WHITE PINE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 448 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provide... More

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base, South Broad Street, Mobile, Mobile County, AL

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter WHITE PINE, U.S. Coast Guard 8th District Base...

See HAER DC-56, U.S. Coast Guard Buoy Tenders, 133' Class for overview. Significance: WHITE PINE was originally constructed as a yard lighter YF 448 for the U.S. Navy YF 257 class. This class of vessel provide... More

Liston Range Rear Light, County Road 2, Biddles Corner, New Castle County, DE

Liston Range Rear Light, County Road 2, Biddles Corner, New Castle Cou...

Significance: The Liston Range Rear Light merits attention for two reasons. First, it is a river range light a type virtually ignored in the historical literature on lighthouses. Secondly, it is a wrought i... More

Egg Rock Light Station, At entrance to Frenchman Bay, Winter Harbor, Hancock County, ME
Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluence with Delaware River at northeast end of County Road 203, 7 miles east of Milford, Milford, Sussex County, DE

Mispillion Lighthouse, South bank of Mispillion River at its confluenc...

Significance: Mispillion Lighthouse is the sole surviving wood-frame lighthouse in Delaware and is one of only three Delaware Bay lighthouses still standing on Delaware soil. Unprocessed Field note material ex... More

Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898. Images in and around New York City IV

Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898. Images in and around New York City ...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Copper Harbor Light, Hays Pointat end of Norland Trail, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, MI

Copper Harbor Light, Hays Pointat end of Norland Trail, Copper Harbor,...

Significance: This steel skeleton light tower is part of a system of 20th-century Lake Superior navigational aids. Situated just west of the existing 1866 Copper Harbor Lighthouse and on the approximate site o... More

Faro de Punta Higuero, Punta Higuero, Centro Puntas, Rincon Municipio, PR

Faro de Punta Higuero, Punta Higuero, Centro Puntas, Rincon Municipio,...

Significance: In 1892 the original light was built as a fixed white 6th order station with a 6 mile range light beam. It was a singular piece of design and construction similar to Guanica Light. The most stri... More

Faro de Punta Higuero, Punta Higuero, Centro Puntas, Rincon Municipio, PR

Faro de Punta Higuero, Punta Higuero, Centro Puntas, Rincon Municipio,...

Significance: In 1892 the original light was built as a fixed white 6th order station with a 6 mile range light beam. It was a singular piece of design and construction similar to Guanica Light. The most stri... More

Faro de Punta Higuero, Punta Higuero, Centro Puntas, Rincon Municipio, PR

Faro de Punta Higuero, Punta Higuero, Centro Puntas, Rincon Municipio,...

Significance: In 1892 the original light was built as a fixed white 6th order station with a 6 mile range light beam. It was a singular piece of design and construction similar to Guanica Light. The most stri... More

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

See also HAER OR-156 for footbridge leading to lighthouse Significance: Completed in 1934, the Cape Arago Lighthouse was the third light constructed at the Cape Arago Light Station that was established in 1866.... More

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

See also HAER OR-156 for footbridge leading to lighthouse Significance: Completed in 1934, the Cape Arago Lighthouse was the third light constructed at the Cape Arago Light Station that was established in 1866.... More

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

See also HAER OR-156 for footbridge leading to lighthouse Significance: Completed in 1934, the Cape Arago Lighthouse was the third light constructed at the Cape Arago Light Station that was established in 1866.... More

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

See also HAER OR-156 for footbridge leading to lighthouse Significance: Completed in 1934, the Cape Arago Lighthouse was the third light constructed at the Cape Arago Light Station that was established in 1866.... More

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

Cape Arago Lighthouse, Gregory Point, Charleston, Coos County, OR

See also HAER OR-156 for footbridge leading to lighthouse Significance: Completed in 1934, the Cape Arago Lighthouse was the third light constructed at the Cape Arago Light Station that was established in 1866.... More

Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, Ingalls Road, Hampton, Hampton, Virginia

Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort Lighthouse, Ingalls Road, Hampton, Hamp...

Survey number: HABS VA-595-J National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000912

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort County, SC

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort C...

Significance: Before its destruction during, or soon after, the Civil War the main house at Haig Point plantation was the largest tabby domestic building erected in coastal South Carolina. Today, the north slav... More

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort County, SC

Haig Point Tabby Ruins, Haig Point Road, Daufuskie Landing, Beaufort C...

Significance: Before its destruction during, or soon after, the Civil War the main house at Haig Point plantation was the largest tabby domestic building erected in coastal South Carolina. Today, the north slav... More

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Significance: Mona Island Light is the only existing lighthouse for which two entirely different plans were drawn between 1885-1886. The first plan called for a 2nd class light, 22 miles range light beam, 3 ke... More

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Significance: Mona Island Light is the only existing lighthouse for which two entirely different plans were drawn between 1885-1886. The first plan called for a 2nd class light, 22 miles range light beam, 3 ke... More

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Isla de Mona Light, Mona Island, Cabo Rojo, Cabo Rojo Municipio, PR

Significance: Mona Island Light is the only existing lighthouse for which two entirely different plans were drawn between 1885-1886. The first plan called for a 2nd class light, 22 miles range light beam, 3 ke... More

Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Mouth of Patapsco River, Riviera Beach, Anne Arundel County, MD

Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Mouth of Patapsco River, Riviera Beach, A...

Significance: Built in 1856, the Seven-Foot Knoll Lighthouse was the second screwpile structure built by the U.S. Lighthouse Service. The present structure contains some elements of the original cast-iron stru... More

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