Annual Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor for the Fiscal Year Ended ...
Title | Annual Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor for the Fiscal Year Ended ... PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Lighthouse Service |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1064 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Lighthouses |
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Annual Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor for the Fiscal Year Ended ...
Title | Annual Report of the Commissioner of Lighthouses to the Secretary of Commerce and Labor for the Fiscal Year Ended ... PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Lighthouse Service |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 52 |
Release | 1929 |
Genre | Lighthouses |
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Historic Structure Report
Title | Historic Structure Report PDF eBook |
Author | A. Berle Clemensen |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 178 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Cape Cod National Seashore (Mass.) |
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Congressional Record
Title | Congressional Record PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1154 |
Release | 1928 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN |
Annual Report of the Light-House Board of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury for the Fiscal Year Ended ..
Title | Annual Report of the Light-House Board of the United States to the Secretary of the Treasury for the Fiscal Year Ended .. PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Light-House Board |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 92 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Lighthouses |
ISBN |
New Serial Titles
Title | New Serial Titles PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1712 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Periodicals |
ISBN |
A union list of serials commencing publication after Dec. 31, 1949.
Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
Title | Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter PDF eBook |
Author | Lenore Skomal |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 169 |
Release | 2010-06-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1461745802 |
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter is the absorbing, painstakingly researched story of Ida Lewis and the fearless rescues she made at Lime Rock Lighthouse in Newport, Rhode Island. Born in 1842, Ida began tending the light at age fifteen after her father, the keeper of the light, was disabled by a stroke. When her father died in 1872, Ida’s mother assumed the role of lighthouse keeper but Ida continued to do the work. Then when her mother died in 1879, Ida was officially appointed to the job, where she remained until her death in 1911. Ida is credited with saving at least eighteen lives during her nearly forty years on the tiny island in Newport Harbor. She became famous nationwide in the late 1860s after one of her daring rescues, and the town of Newport celebrated her on Independence Day 1869. In 1924, the Rhode Island legislature officially changed the name of Lime Rock Lighthouse to Ida Lewis Lighthouse. In 1928, all but a portion of Lime Rock used for the light tower was sold to yachtsmen who preserved the historic house and established the Ida Lewis Yacht Club. In 1995, a Coast Guard buoy tender was named for her.