Lighthouses (Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks in Architecture, Design & Engineering)
ISBN-13:
9780393731668
ISBN-10:
0393731669
Edition:
1
Author:
Sara E. Wermiel
Publication date:
2006
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Format:
Hardcover
360 pages
Category:
Buildings
,
Architecture
,
Construction
,
Engineering
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ISBN-13:
9780393731668
ISBN-10:
0393731669
Edition:
1
Author:
Sara E. Wermiel
Publication date:
2006
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
Format:
Hardcover
360 pages
Category:
Buildings
,
Architecture
,
Construction
,
Engineering
Summary
Lighthouses (Norton/Library of Congress Visual Sourcebooks in Architecture, Design & Engineering) (ISBN-13: 9780393731668 and ISBN-10: 0393731669), written by authors
Sara E. Wermiel, was published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2006.
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Description
The fourth title in the Norton/Library of Congress series, this abundantly illustrated book conveys the romance and beauty of lighthouses and beacons while explaining the development of the forms, materials, architecture, and engineering of their structure: wood, masonry, cast-iron plate, on- and off-shore skeletal, caisson, and reinforced concrete.
It covers lighthouses from all parts of the United States from the late eighteenth century to the 1940s, when control of the lighthouses was transferred to the Coast Guard and after which few new ones were constructed. Images of lighthouses from coast to coast provide examples of striking design and setting as well as celebrating technological achievement and the work of important engineers include associated structures such as keepers’ quarters, fog signal buildings, boathouses and boat railroads, cistern buildings, barns, and workshops, as well as interiors and working details of the light mechanisms. 600 b/w illustrations
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