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SPRING 2002 VOL. XVIII NO. 3 -- i f #.f 1 1'1 'r t : . L F 1 . .1 {. ,«, I »t -- 1 • -- 1 . C l. 1 " - .' --t 1 - I , %49 'al- 1 1 11.124 M 1 1 2- 7 r '5' - - 1 = 1 1' 1 4 4 # . =»» 't 11 V'rl ,- 4 I. MA,w 1 I * , a X ' - ini .3 -e ,. 'h e=h6 - » 4 i - - - 4/4 :,1- -r. -,-=--bZ/.-..*. -- • Boon Island Lighthouse, Maine • The First Minots Ledge Lighthouse • Only Yesterday - Mahon River . The Genius and the Mentor - Fresnel - f e t r 4 '... 1. :t x .... , t. ;lii :.4. 4, ' 1 :.i : . .....4 ." * ', " · . ..: -:: + .. .46 .I , ..2.5,·X***:· " : -· :·AS·':· · ;··* ·· t. · . G ··'.·. ··:. ·. · . 19.:si:. .. .....-'.'„...& S :... .. .4.U.....=.,A ....,.:..... I .......... *.... 1. ...:, r.. .:.- #. ...9 .1 + - .2;- .5. ;.:; .-..#0**,1 2. .Ar#.· * .. f ::·.'. 7'<Mi:&4, .-r r,BF ::11:*; ·:.:7.:-..., - · ' : · ' • , ··5 . t. · - · : ' . ----... i..: . .. ... ..,3.1.- ;.i':, 1:, , :;., · ,i · " ·· ·:» .: 48#M#£ Ff fp , 4·. ... :: ...13™-4. .r,:-:'r'.-·,•. , ··,'. .6. •.•it· , ··.<<MAL#.: - . I ...... ---- i -144#- - .* . )4«.* .... I. = . :,1't'H.= ........ -. -- ::214.'.1.- ,»... ..* ....$. · 7« . 4 , :.4-*-1.. 2. : I i. ..1.:.: It. .M:. - - 3'i'*i . ... '.«€-. I N..*. ... ..... .3 : r.1 '1 -,1 ..'- 6 - . di. .'.16-...0.1*. ..... _ - ..0.*. i.*R:,16 - , -131*,t*,;24*. '- .1, 1•,1 %49 ,•.1.1.C!;Itt f; *Ell•L. + " .'Il'E 1/ - ." *rt . »- Boon Island Light Station, possibly in the late 1950s. Note the long marine railway in the foreground. U.S. Coast Guard photo. By Wayne C. Wheeler 71*=- oon Island was named by the the Maine coast (Matinicus Rock, Mount cargo. The crossing was rough, slow and mis- .CL / many years, Desert Rock), in some ways it is more dan- erable.
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