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

(Part of the Images of America: New Jersey Series)

by David Veasey

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Over 200 historic photographs and fascinating text combine to create an illustrated history of New Jersey's thirty-eight lighthouses and forty-one life-saving stations.

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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0738504173

ISBN13:9780738504179

Release Date:May 2000

Publisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)

Length:128 Pages

Weight:0.68 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 6.5" x 9.3"

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

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