York in American History: The Nubble and Boone Island Lighthouses
In this essay, James Kences talks about the men who designed the two well-known lighthouses off the coast of York, the Nubble and Boone Island Lighthouses
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In this essay, James Kences talks about the men who designed the two well-known lighthouses off the coast of York, the Nubble and Boone Island Lighthouses
The whistling buoy now in use was patented by Mr. J.M. Courtenay, of New York. It consists of an iron pear-shaped bulb, 12 feet across at its widest part, and floating 12 feet out of water. Inside the...