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Five Fathom Bank (1839 – 1869) Relief (1869 – 1875) Transferred to US Navy in 1875 for use as target practice, presumably sunk. [B] [21] Lightship LV-19: c. 1845: 1900: Cross Ledge (1845 – 1875) Fourteen Foot Bank (1876 – 1886) Ram Island Reef (1886 – 1894) Relief (1894 – 1900) May be the same ship as Lightship X. LV-19 was ...
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The Charlotte Harbor Light was placed at a bend in the deeper part of Charlotte Harbor to guide ships to the railroad docks in Punta Gorda, Florida. [1] Punta Gorda lost importance as a port when railroad lines reached Boca Grande on the southern end of Gasparilla Island at the entrance to Charlotte Harbor in 1906.
West Bank Light, officially West Bank Front Range Light, [2] is a lighthouse in Lower New York Bay, within New York City, and acts as the front range light for the Ambrose Channel. [2] [3] [4] It is currently active and not open to the public. The tower was built in 1901 and heightened in 1908. Staten Island Light serves as the rear range light.
Fort Washington projects into the Potomac River where the river turns north, and in 1856 Jefferson Davis, in his capacity of Secretary of War, authorized the construction of a lighthouse on the fort property, to be maintained by post personnel. Minimal funds were appropriated, and a temporary cast iron tower was constructed the following year.
Sabine Bank cuts across the channel leading into the river and thence up to Port Arthur, Texas, an important port. [1] Although its 20 feet (6.1 m) depth represented a hazard only to larger vessels, concern was sufficient to prompt a request in 1888 by Rep. William H. Crain for a lightship to mark the shoal. This request was dismissed by the ...
Five Fathom Bank light station was a station for lightvessels in New Jersey, United States. It was located off the south end of Five Fathom Bank, 14.7 miles and 100 degrees from the Cape May Lighthouse. The station was in service from 1837 to 1972 before ultimately being replaced by a horn buoy. [1]