Lighthouses [With CDROM]

by Sara E. Wermiel

Book Overview

It covers lighthouses from all parts of the United States from the late eighteenth century to the 1940s, when control of the lighthouses was transferred to the Coast Guard and after which few new ones were constructed. Images of lighthouses from coast to coast provide examples of striking design and setting as well as celebrating technological achievement and the work of important engineers include associated structures such as keepers' quarters,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393731669
• ISBN13: 9780393731668
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 3.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.9" x 11.4"