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Author : Love Dean
Publisher : Pineapple Press Inc
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 1561641650
An updated historical account of the Florida Keys lighthouses full of history and legend.
Author : Laura Albritton,Jerry Wilkinson
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439674161
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 : Ray Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Lighthouses
ISBN : 0762701838
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 : Thomas Taylor
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-17
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781561648368
A collection of the histories of Florida's light stations by different authors, each an authority on a particular lighthouse, this book is chock-full of information on dates of construction and operation, foundation materials, lighting equipment, and more. Complete directions to each lighthouse site are included, as well as names, addresses, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, websites of lighthouse organizations. Preface by Wayne Wheeler, president of the United States Lighthouse Society, as well as a full glossary, bibliography, and index.
Author : Nancy Toppino
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780762761562
Author : John Hairr
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 0738503266
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 : Love Dean
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Lighthouses
ISBN : 0943528038
Author : Ray Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Lighthouses
ISBN : 0762702176
Includes approximately 40 lighthouses, maps, and details on how to visit them.
Author : Juliet Dyal Gray
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781493053643
Written by a local and true insider, Insiders' Guide to Florida Keys & Key West is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information. Each guide is packed with useful tips on places to stay, restaurants, events, attractions, fun things to do with the kids, nightlife, recreation, shopping, local history, and much more--as well as information on real estate, education, health care, and more. The new edition features: Comprehensive listings of restaurants, attractions, activities, nightlife, and accommodations Countless details on shopping, arts & entertainment, and children’s activities Advice on how to live and thrive in the area—from recreation to relocation
Author : Heather Leigh Carroll-Landon
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439679036
Author H eather Leigh Carroll-Landon guides readers on a spine-tingling tour through Florida's haunted lighthouses. Lighthouses dot the Florida coast, there to help seafarers navigate their way to shore. But when tragedy comes for Florida, it often blows in from the sea, giving the lighthouses and the cursed men and women inside a first look at horror. The lively spirits of teenage sisters inhabit the St. Augustine Lighthouse, where an accident claimed their lives, suspending them in their playful youth. A storm wiped out the Sand Key Lighthouse in 1846, claiming the lives of 16 whose spirits now chatter away--generally in contented tones but sometimes straying into anger. A Civil War casualty roams near the Amelia Island Lighthouses, holding to a promise to see his love one last time before departure.
Author : Juliet Gray
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781493015542
Insiders' Guide to Florida Keys & Key West is a beautiful full-color guide and the essential source for in-depth travel information for visitors and locals to this ever-growing city. Written by a local (and true insider), Insiders' Guide to Florida Keys & Key West offers a personal and practical perspective of this location that makes it a must-have guide for travelers as well as residents looking to rediscover their hometown.
Author : Josh Liller,Chris Belcher,Florida Lighthouse Association
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 327 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-04-06
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781683340775
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 : Claiborne Young,Morgan Stinemetz
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2006-06-30
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1455603201
"Your new Florida Keys cruising guide is terrific, and is now my personal choice for cruising the Keys. Everywhere we went aboard Bluewater, we compared what you said with what we saw and you were virtually 100% on target." --Milt Baker This completely updated edition by the king of cruising guides provides reliable instructions and lively commentary about traveling from the Port of Miami all the way to the Dry Tortugas. Boaters may choose one of two routes to the Florida Keys, the inside route via the Intracoastal Waterway or the offshore option through Hawk Channel. In both cases, the authors pinpoint and assess obstructions, anchorages, marinas, fuel supplies, and other facilities for cruisers. Cruising the Florida Keys also contains first-hand evaluations of restaurants, cultural attractions, and historical sites, including the many things to see and do in Key West. Cruising the Florida Keys can be used alone or accompanied by Claiborne Young's Coastal Charts for Cruising the Florida Keys (sp), which contains the latest NOAA nautical charts cross-referenced to the cruising guide. These maps include anchorages, marinas, fueling stations, bridges, restaurants, historical sites, and other important bits of information for boaters.
Author : Thomas W. Taylor
Publisher : Infinity Publishing
Page : 1 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 9780741434715
Author : Elinor DeWire
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-08
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781683340232
This engaging and colorful guidebook brings alive the many lighthouses of the Sunshine State. Some thirty Florida lighthouses guide ships south from the St. Marys River to the tip of the Keys, then north to Pensacola Bay. They comprise some of Florida's oldest and most historic structures and represent many diverse styles of architecture and daymarks. This new edition of the bestselling Guide to Florida Lighthouses has been updated with expanded profiles of the lighthouses, new travel information, more history, and recent photos.