Guarding New Jersey's Shore: Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations by Dwight A. Veasey, David Veasey

Guarding New Jersey's Shore: Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations


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ISBN: 9780738504179 | 128 pages | 7 Mb

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Guarding New Jersey's Shore: Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations Dwight A. Veasey, David Veasey
Publisher: Arcadia Pub


From the seventeenth to the twentieth century, New Jersey's low-lying, sandy coast has been the site of thousands of shipwrecks as ships bound for New York City or Philadelphia foundered on its offshore shoals. As coastal and international trade dramatically increased after the War of 1812, the federal government was forced to increase safety aids to mariners. To ensure their safe passage, a series of lighthouses was built and the U.S. Life-Saving Service was created. More than two centuries of the history of New Jersey's treacherous coast are preserved in Guarding New Jersey's Shore: Lighthouses and Life-Saving Stations. Gathered from a wide array of sources, more than 200 ...

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