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Title Author Date 10 Lights: The Lighthouses of the Keweenaw Peninsula Keweenaw County Historical Society n.d. 100 Years of British Glass Making Chance Brothers 1924 137 Steps: The Story of St Mary's Lighthouse Whitley Bay North Tyneside Council 1999 1911 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1911 1912 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1912 1913 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1913 1914 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1914 1915 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1915 1916 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1916 1917 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1917 1918 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1918 1919 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1919 1920 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1920 1921 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1921 1922 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1922 1923 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1923 1924 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1924 1925 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1925 1926 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1926 1927 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1927 1928 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1928 1929 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1929 1930 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1930 1931 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1931 1932 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1932 1933 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1933 1934 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1934 1935 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1935 1936 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1936 1937 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1937 1938 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1938 1940 Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses Department of Commerce 1940 1955 International Lighthouse Conference U. S. Coast Guard 1956 1987 Special Notice to Mariners U. S. Coast Guard 1987 1994 Inventory of Historic Light Stations U. S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service 1994 1995 Annual Report: Dedicated to Lighthouse Keepers of the Past - An Historical View Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank 1995 200 mm. Coast Guard Standard Electric Lantern and Accessories Lovell-Dressel Company 1950 22 Danske Fyr Maltha, Bent 1982 23rd Congress Acts of the First Session U. S. Congress 23 rd Congress 1st session Acts 1834 26th Congress, Senate Document 35: Erection of Lighthouses and Light Boats Pleasonton, Stephen 1840 29th Congress 1st Session H.R. Doc. 222 Jenkins, Thornton 1846 2nd Congress, No. 34: List of Civil Officers of the United States, except Judges, with their Emoluments for the Year Ending October 1, 1792 1793 30th Congress Acts and Resolutions First Session U. S. Congress 30 th Congress 1st session Acts 1848 3rd Congress, No. 52: Reservation in the Cessions of Land for Light-Houses n.d. A Bill to Authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to Purchase of Winslow Lewis his rights to the New Improved Method of Lighting Lighthouses Lewis, Winslow, et al 1812 A Bit Unusual Tag, Thomas A. 1999 A Boy at Fort Mackinac: The Diary of Harold Dunbar Corbusier Porter, Phil 1994 A Brief History of The Northern Lighthouse Board Northern Lighthouse Board 1995 A Century of Irish Government - Thomas Drummond Burrows, Montague 1886 A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons Williams, Elizabeth Whitney 1983 A Compendium of Written Communication of the Lighthouse Board for the Twelve Light Stations of the Midwest Region, National Park Service, 1839-1881 Snyder, David L. 1992 A Concise History of the U. S. Marine Radiobeacon System O'Brien, Arthur E. 1982 A Course of Six Lectures on the Forces of Matter and Their Relations to Each Other Faraday, Michael 1868 A Description and List of the Lighthouses of the World 1881 Findlay, Alexander George 1881 A Description of the Construction of the Eddystone Lighthouse Smeaton, John 1813 A Discussion on Lighthouses and Other Aids to Navigation Stevenson, D. et al 1904 A Few Notes on Modern Lighthouse Practice Chance Brothers 1910 A Gleam Across the Wave Knudsen, Arthur and Evelyn 1948 A Glossary of Lighthouse Service Terminology Sherwood, G. F. Douglass 2001 A Guide to New Jersey's Lighthouses Schmidt, R. Marilyn 1992 A Guidebook to Lighthouses in North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida's East Coast Kagerer, Rudy 1996 A Guidebook to Lighthouses in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida's East Coast Kagerer, Rudy 1985 A Historical Account of Useful Inventions and Scientific Discoveries Grant, George 1852 A History and Guide to Old Fort Niagara Dunnigan, Brian Leigh 1985 A History of Buoys and Tenders Marshall, Amy K. 1995 A History of Drum Point Lighthouse Calvert Marine Museum 1979 A History of Lighthouses Beaver, Patrick 1971 A History of the Bodie Island Light Station Holland, Francis R. Jr 1967 A History of the New Dungeness Lighthouse Isom, James C. 2000 A History of the Spurn Lighthouses De Boer, G. 1984 A History of the United States Life-Saving Service on Hatteras Couch, Danny; Price, Noah; Gray, Shawn 1977 A History of U.S. Lightships Flint, Willard 1997 A House Upon A Rock Moore, Kathryn L. 1997 A Legacy: The United States Life-Saving Service Noble, Dennis L. 1990 A Life of Usefulness Wigham, Billy and Rynne, Colin 2000 A Light House of Stone: A History of the Eaton's Neck Lighthouse, Northport, New York Knowles, Howard N. 1978 A Light in the Darkness Boyle, Martin 1999 A Light in the Wilderness: The Story of Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & The Southeast Florida Frontier Snyder, James D. 2006 A Light Keeper's Night of Peril: The Sou'wester Quarterly Easterbrook, Dr George W. 1967 A Light on the Seaway Williamson, Ethel 1972 A Light Walk Cassells, Ian 1997 A Lighthouse Family Jennings, Harold B. 1989 A Lighthouse Saves the Day 2001 A Lighthouse Worth Keeping Weaver, Jason and Nanette n.d. A List of Lighthouse Contracts U. S. Congress 32 nd Congress 1st session H.R. Ex. Doc. 43 1852 A Memorial of Joseph Henry U. S. Congress 1880 A New Form of Direct-Reading Candlepower Scale and Recording Device for Precision Photometers Middlekauff, George W. 1910 A Pictorial History of the Great Lakes Hatcher, Harlan and Walter, Erich A. 1963 A Pictorial of Sturgeon Point (Sturgeon Point Light) Gauthier, Doris A. 1987 A Plea for a Light on St George's Bank - Appendix No. 11 -1895 Mitchell, Henry - U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 1896 A Quiet Life Robertson, Martha 1997 A Register of Officers and Agents in the Service of the United States 1839 A Report of Surveys of the Coast south of the Chesapeake, with the view to the establishment of Lighthouses U. S. Congress 25 th Congress 2nd session H.R. Doc. 21 1837 A Report of the Amount of money expended of the appropriation made for the erection of a lighthouse on Flynn's Knoll U. S. Congress 27 th Congress 2nd session H.R. Doc. 193 1842 A Resolution of the House of December 8, 1870, relative to the lighthouse reserve at Port Huron, Michigan U. S. Congress 41 st Congress 3rd session H.R. Ex. Doc. 23 1870 A Review of the Lighthouse Work and Economy in the United Kingdom During the Past Fifty Years Kenwood, James 1887 A Rudimentary Treatise on the History, Construction, and Illumination of Lighthouses Stevenson, Alan 1850 A Salty Piece of Land Buffett, Jimmy 2004 A Salute to Somerset's Strudy Silent Sentinel (Thirty Mile Point Light) Carpenter, Leonard J. 1995 A Star for Seamen: The Stevenson Family of Engineers Mair, Craig 1978 A Story of Lighthouses Tyndall, John 1888 A Thrilling Fishing Voyage during the Memorable Gale of 1873 Eisener, A. G. 1910 A Torch for the Tay MacAlindin, Bob 2001 A Tour of Manx Lighthouses Hellowell, John 1998 A Traveler's Guide to 100 Eastern Great Lakes Lighthouses Penrose, Laurie 1994 A Traveler's Guide to 116 Michigan Lighthouses Penrose, Laurie 1992 A Traveler's Guide to 116 Western Great Lakes Lighthouses Penrose, Laurie 1995 A Treatise on Practical Seamanship Hutchinson, William 1979 A Visitor's Guide to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Strzok, Dave 1988 Above and Below: A history of lighthouses and shipwrecks of Isle Royale Holden, Thom 1985 Absorption of Light by Fog Granath, L. P., Hulburt, E. O. 1929 Account of the Skerryvore Lighthouse with Notes on the Illumination of Lighthouses Stevenson, Alan 1848 Acetylene Buoys and Beacons Chance Brothers 1919 Acetylene Flashers, Burners, Pilots Aids to Navigation School 1947 Acetylene Gas Operated Minor Lights - Training Manual U. S. Coast Guard 1949 Acetylene Installation, Piping, Accumulators, Safety Aids to Navigation School 1947 Acetylene Lanterns, Lens and Shades Aids to Navigation School 1947 Acetylene Regulator, Flasher, Burner, Automatic Mantle Changer Operation Tag, Thomas A. 2001 Activities of the United States Coast Guard (8-page undated pamphlet) U. S. Coast Guard Acts of the Congress 1789-1791 U. S. Congress 13th Congress 1st Session Acts 1791 Addenda Sheet for Insertion in Instruction Books U. S. Lighthouse Service 1938 Admiralty Head Lighthouse: An Architectural Guide Aliberti, Ray 2003 Admiralty Head Lighthouse: The Keepers of the Light Moore, Harry R. 2003 Aerodrome and Air Route Lighting: Lighthouse Department Chance Brothers Limited Cooper, F. W. 1979 AGA 1904-1954 50 Ar AGA Company 1954 AGA Aids to Navigation AGA Company 1945 AGA Beacons AGA Company 1915 AGA Beacons: Photographs, Line Drawings AGA Company AGA Journal Sept.
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