Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse : a Chesapeake Bay icon /
For centuries, the hard-packed shoal at Thomas Point menaced Chesapeake Bay Mariners. Even after two separate stone towers were built on the shoreline, sailors continued to request a light at the end of the mile-long shoal. When a new lighthouse was finally approved in 1873, experts deemed its novel...
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Gendell, David
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| Format: | Book
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| Language: | English |
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Charleston, S.C. :
History Press,
[2020].
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