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Solitude of Sandy Hook Lightship and the Submarine Bell
A Western Correspondent tours Sandy Hook Lightship No. 51 with the Submarine Signal Company to witness its underwater telephone. The crew, isolated yet curious, tolerates visitors as the eerie bell rings every few seconds while the sea and Coney Island loom beyond.
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New York Harbor
Sandy Hook
Submarine Signal Company
Gready
Rockaway
Coney Island
Kipling
Davy Jones
Cuddy
Brighton Beach
Stephen Chalmers