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Extractions: New Canal Light Photograph by Lowell Thomas The lighthouse at the head of the New Basin Canal is the location of the Coast Guard station that monitors boating activity in Lake Pontchartrain. The New Basin Canal was built by Irish and German immigrants to the city back in the 1830s as a link between the city and the lake. The canal's path followed what are now the Pontchatrain Expressway and West End Blvd. That massive neutral ground that separates West End Blvd. from Pontchartrain Blvd. is the filled-in New Basin Canal. Built in the 1890s, the lighthouse has been a lakefront landmark for years, guiding boats in and out of the Orleans Marina and the Municipal Yacht Harbor. The Coast Guard moved their lakefront station here from over by Spanish Fort in the 60s. The wooden building at Spanish Fort was falling apart, and had sustained a good bit of damage from hurricanes, so it was time to move down Lakeshore drive a bit. The New Canal Lighthouse was placed on the National register of Historic Places on December 30, 1985, by the National Park Service. This is the last light in use that has the light tower on the top of the keeper's dwelling. The "New Canal," a 7 mile long canal to connect the Mississippi with Lake Pontchartrain, was begun in the early 1830s. It was never completed; however, the end at the lake became a small harbor. In 1834, $25,000 was raised to build a lighthouse to mark the entrance to the harbor. It began operating in 1838. The light was listed as unrepairable in 1854. It was rebuilt as a fifth order light on the keeper's dwelling in 1855 at a cost of $6,000. The lantern showed a fixed white light with 9 lamps 33 feet above sea level. On February 25, 1890, it was discontinued. The next day it was sold at auction and torn down. A lantern hung from a pole in its place.
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Extractions: Soon after the Louisiana Purchase, lighthouses were planned and their construction begun along the Gulf Coast to support a burgeoning seaborne commerce. Shifting bars and bayous, soft and muddy bottoms, coral reefs, and periodic hurricanes challenged the skills of the lighthouse designers and builders, as well as the men and women appointed to keep the lights. Over time, because of the numerous natural hazards, often two, sometimes three or even four replacement towers were built at the same station. Lighthouses on the Gulf Coast were challenged, not only by forces of nature, but also by historical events, especially the Civil War. Extinguished as aids to navigation, lighthouses became Confederate lookout posts and Union targets during this period, some were even bombarded. After the war, materials such as cast iron and new technology such as skeletal towers permitted the construction of towers more suited to the Gulf shore's terrain. According to U.S. Coast Guard Chief Historian Robert M. Browning
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Extractions: Lighthouse Bookstore Books on Southern U.S. Lighthouses Thomas Yocum, Bruce Roberts, Cheryl Shelton-Roberts - Cape Hatteras: America's Lighthouse Amazon.com's Price: $26.95. Availability: This title usually ships within 24 hours. Hardcover - Dimensions in inches: 0.64 x 10.34 . Published by Cumberland House, 1999. This book commemorates the event and recalls the storied legacy of the stone sentinel, describing the long history of the lighthouse and investing it with texture and depth in describing the lives of the people who have served here. It is a loving homage to one of the most distinctive structures in the United States. Bruce Roberts, Ray Jones - Southern Lighthouses : Chesapeake Bay to the Gulf of Mexico From the Maryland shore to the Florida Panhandle and across the Gulf Coast, the 50 lighthouses profiled in this volume have stood sentinel through a thousand stormy nights. In magnificent photos and in fascinating narrative, this beautiful book captures the tumultuous history and enigmatic power of these life-saving beacons of the sea. 85 photos, 55 in color. 5 maps. Another fine book in the series of regional lighthouse volumes by Roberts and Jones.
Extractions: Lighthouse Bookstore Books about West Coast Lighthouses Ralph Shanks Guardians of the Golden Gate: Lighthouses and Lifeboat Stations of San Francisco Bay Dramatic heroism at California's lighthouses. Learn of the lives of the men and women who kept the lights burning, manned the lifeboats, and stood watch over the Bay. Amazon.com's Price: $14.95. Paperback. Costano Book, 1990 Availability: This title usually ships within 4-6 weeks. Please note that titles occasionally go out of print or publishers run out of stock. We will notify you within 2-3 weeks if we have trouble obtaining this title. Ray Jones, Bruce Roberts (Photographer) - Pacific Northwest Lighthouses : Oregon to the Aleutians. Another beautiful volume in the series of regional lighthouse books by Jones and Roberts. List: $19.95. Amazon.com's price: $15.96. You Save: $3.99 (20%) . Availability: This title usually ships within 24 hours. Paperback, 96 pages. Published by Globe Pequot Press, 1997. Ray Jones, Bruce Roberts (Photographer) -
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Extractions: Recommended Reading List Lighthouse Families by Cheryl Shelton-Roberts, Bruce Roberts (Contributor) Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast: Your Guide to the Lighthouses of California, Oregon, and Washington (Pictorial Discovery Guide) By Randy Leffingwell (Photographer), Pamela Welty Cape Hatteras : America's Lighthouse (paperback) by Thomas Yocum, Bruce Roberts, Cheryl Shelton-Roberts, H. Lea Lawrence Cape Hatteras : America's Lighthouse (hard cover) U. S. Lighthouse Service Tenders, 1840-1939 by Douglas Peterson Guardians of the Lights : Stories of US Lighthouse Keepers by Elinor De Wire No cover illustration available Women of the Lights by Candace Fleming, James Watling (Illustrator) Women Who Kept the Lights : An Illustrated History of Female Lighthouse Keepers by Mary Louise Clifford, J. Candace Clifford by Dennis L. Noble Legendary Lighthouses by John Grant, Ray Jones America's Lighthouses : An Illustrated History by Francis Ross Holland, Jr. American Lighthouses : A Pictorial History by Jill Caravan No cover illustration available by Donald W. Davidson, James Ward, III Hyland (Introduction)
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