Lighthouses of the Florida Keys
Author: Love Dean
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781561641659
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An updated historical account of the Florida Keys lighthouses full of history and legend.
Author: Love Dean
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781561641659
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An updated historical account of the Florida Keys lighthouses full of history and legend.
Author: Laura Albritton
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2021-11-29
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 1439674167
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Florida Keys possess a staggering wealth of lighthouses--nine in all, from the remote iron light at Fowey Rocks to classic brick structures at Key West and Loggerhead Key. In the 1820s, the US government began constructing lighthouses to aid mariners navigating the dangerous Florida Reef. While some of the original lights were subsequently destroyed in dramatic circumstances, most that followed, including Carysfort Reef, Alligator Reef, Sombrero Key, Sand Key, and American Shoal, survived intense tropical weather and even major hurricanes. Among the lighthouse keepers were remarkable women who succeeded in a profession usually reserved for men.
Author: John Hairr
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9780738503264
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sporting the second-longest coastline in the United States, Florida has over 8,000 miles of sparkling beaches and waterfront property. This valuable landscape and the region's position between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico made Florida key in the early expansion of American trade routes, but the state's several capes and dangerous reefs, rocks, and shoals made travel quite perilous to unwary mariners. When commerce and traffic began to grow between ports on the East Coast and along the Gulf of Mexico in the nineteenth century, it became necessary to construct aids to navigation along the state's long and treacherous coast. Lighthouses were the solution. Constructed in a variety of styles and sizes, Florida's lighthouses were erected on what, at the time, were some of the most desolate regions of the southeastern United States and included lonely offshore islands. Manned and inhabited by vigilant keepers and their families, these towers illuminated the dark seas and provided the beacon that guided lost travelers. Large brick structures watched over St. Augustine, Pensacola, and Ponce de Leon Inlet; iron skeletons towered over Crooked River and Hillsboro Inlet; and screwpile lighthouses stood as sentinels in the waters off the Florida Keys.
Author: Ray Jones
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9780762701834
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Beautiful photographs, maps, and descriptions of the fabled reef lights forming a 3,000-mile semicircle from Key West, Florida, to Corpus Christi, Texas.
Author: Ray Jones
Publisher:
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780762702176
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Includes approximately 40 lighthouses, maps, and details on how to visit them.
Author: Love Dean
Publisher:
Published: 1982-01-01
Total Pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780943528038
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Josh Liller
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2020-04-06
Total Pages: 327
ISBN-13: 1683340779
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From Amelia Island to the Keys to Pensacola in the Panhandle, the coast of Florida is dotted with lighthouses of all sizes, shapes, materials, and - best of all – histories. The Florida Lighthouse Trail is a compilation of short histories, written by expert contributors from around the state. Each chapter has fascinating details about these great sentinels. Chock-full of information on dates of construction and operation, changes over time, and Fresnel lenses, this book also serves as a travel guide with directions and contact information for their support organizations. Paul Bradley's beautiful artwork richly illustrates each lighthouse. This new edition features substantially updated information, with the most up-to-date information for history buffs and prospective visitors. The Florida Lighthouse Trail also includes a history of the Florida Lighthouse Association, an extensive glossary, short biographies of the contributors, suggested reading, and an index.
Author: Bob Shanklin
Publisher: The Lighthouse People
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780967754420
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Photographers Bob and Sandra Shaklin provide photographs of 30 lighthouses in Florida and 3 in Alabama.
Author: Joan Blank
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 1561640964
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Using many photographs, the author reveals a fascinating piece of geography, Key Biscayne - America's southernmost barrier island.
Author: Joan Gill Blank
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-11-09
Total Pages: 547
ISBN-13: 1683340019
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Just south of Miami Beach lies the southernmost sand barrier island of the continental United States—Key Biscayne. Long the symbol of an idyllic, barefoot, island lifestyle, this swirl of sand, 5 miles long by 1 1/2 miles wide, is the subject of this lucid history, which begins 4,000 years ago and continues through its discovery by Ponce de Leon, its use as a military and lighthouse reservation, the Seminole Wars, shipwreck salvaging, and its present function as public parkland and residential and high-rise condominium village. On Cape Florida, Key Biscayne's southern end, the Cape Florida Lighthouse, newly restored, stands watch as it has for over 170 years. Drawing from original documents, including many letters and pictures saved by descendants of settlers and lighthouse keepers, Key Biscayne offers a vivid portrait of this compelling Florida island.