United StatesLight-House Board collection 1875–1912

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United StatesLight-House Board collection 1875–1912

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The U.S. Light-House Establishment Collection concerns the construction and maintenance of lighthouses located in the Fourth Light-House District around the Delaware Bay spanning the years 1875 to 1912.

1.5 linearfeet and oversize material

eng,

University of Delaware Library - Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6363592

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United States. Light-House Board

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The United States Light-House Board* was originally known as the United States Light-House Establishment, a body created in 1789 to manage the twelve colonial lighthouses that were then in existence along the eastern seaboard, as well as to oversee construction of new structures. The first half of the nineteenth century was a particularly prolific period in the construction of new lighthouses -- forty were built in the period from 1789 to 1820, and another three hund...