Lighthouses of New York

Lighthouses of New York
Author: Rick Tuers
Publsiher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0764326929

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Superb photographs and graphics provide a unique look at New York's colonization, settlement, and economic growth. Discover how the state's rich maritime heritage centers around 69 lighthouses, located on many different water bodies. This book details all of them, including famous lighthouses like Montauk Point, Fire Island, and Buffalo. These symbols of strength have protected mariners for over two hundred years. Fascinating historical facts, heroic rescues by lighthouse keepers, heartwarming stories about keepers and their families, engineering and construction details, lost beacons, and travel information make this a complete guide to New York State lighthouses.

New York State Lighthouses

New York State Lighthouses
Author: Robert G. Müller
Publsiher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2006
Genre: History
ISBN: 0738544965

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New York State Lighthouses explores the great lighthouse heritage of New York State. Second only to Michigan in the number of lighthouses it contains, New York boasts a lighthouse legacy that stretches from the Great Lakes to the tip of Long Island. Many of these lighthouses, even some no longer in existence, were photographed for use on early postcards and are assembled for the fi rst time in the pages of this book.

Hudson River Lighthouses

Hudson River Lighthouses
Author: Hudson River Maritime Museum
Publsiher: Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2019
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781467103305

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Lighthouses were built on the Hudson River in New York between 1826 to 1921 to help guide freight and passenger traffic. One of the most famous was the iconic Statue of Liberty. This fascinating history with photos will bring the time of traffic along the river alive. Set against the backdrop of purple mountains, lush hillsides, and tidal wetlands, the lighthouses of the Hudson River were built between 1826 and 1921 to improve navigational safety on a river teeming with freight and passenger traffic. Unlike the towering beacons of the seacoasts, these river lighthouses were architecturally diverse, ranging from short conical towers to elaborate Victorian houses. Operated by men and women who at times risked and lost their lives in service of safe navigation, these beacons have overseen more than a century of extraordinary technological and social change. Of the dozens of historic lighthouses and beacons that once dotted the Hudson River, just eight remain, including the iconic Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor's great monument to freedom and immigration, which served as an official lighthouse between 1886 and 1902. Hudson River Lighthouses invites readers to explore these unique icons and their fascinating stories.

The Encyclopedia of New York State

The Encyclopedia of New York State
Author: Peter Eisenstadt
Publsiher: Syracuse University Press
Total Pages: 1960
Release: 2005-05-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 081560808X

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The Encyclopedia of New York State is one of the most complete works on the Empire State to be published in a half-century. In nearly 2,000 pages and 4,000 signed entries, this single volume captures the impressive complexity of New York State as a historic crossroads of people and ideas, as a cradle of abolitionism and feminism, and as an apex of modern urban, suburban, and rural life. The Encyclopedia is packed with fascinating details from fields ranging from sociology and geography to history. Did you know that Manhattan's Lower East Side was once the most populated neighborhood in the world, but Hamilton County in the Adirondacks is the least densely populated county east of the Mississippi; New York is the only state to border both the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean; the Erie Canal opened New York City to rich farmland upstate . . . and to the west. Entries by experts chronicle New York's varied areas, politics, and persuasions with a cornucopia of subjects from environmentalism to higher education to railroads, weaving the state's diverse regions and peoples into one idea of New York State. Lavishly illustrated with 500 photographs and figures, 120 maps, and 140 tables, the Encyclopedia is key to understanding the state's past, present, and future. It is a crucial reference for students, teachers, historians, and business people, for New Yorkers of all persuasions, and for anyone interested in finding out more about New York State.

Catalogue of the New York State Library 1872 Subject Index of the General Library

Catalogue of the New York State Library  1872  Subject Index of the General Library
Author: New York State Library (ALBANY, N.Y.)
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 682
Release: 1872
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: BL:A0026411040

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Catalogue of the New York State Library

Catalogue of the New York State Library
Author: New York State Library
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 1022
Release: 1856
Genre: Library catalogs
ISBN: UCAL:$B45914

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Catalogue of the New York State Library

Catalogue of the New York State Library
Author: New York State Library (Albany).
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 1024
Release: 1856
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: KBNL:KBNL03000231947

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Catalogue of the New York State Library 1855

Catalogue of the New York State Library  1855
Author: New York State Library
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 1014
Release: 1856
Genre: Library catalogs
ISBN: HARVARD:32044080248438

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