This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Lights for Mariners and Electric Illumination History
An overview of lighting evolution for lighthouses and ships, tracing from coal and oil lamps to early electric systems, with trials at South Portland and Cape La Hove. The report covers experiments, costs, and the push toward electric illumination as technology and reliability improved, noting impacts on navigation and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
England
Estute
Truuete Deng
Mariner
Cape la Hove
Eng
Otisorra
Berthold Neumagen
British Museum
Paris
Newman
Utah
Jerusalem
Rome
Greenville
George Washington
Europe
United States
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Boston Journal
St. Louis
Sylvester Videlet
Coronel Celsus Price
Quentus Price
Priee
Jourist
Florida
Taree Spencer
West Hartford
Conn
de Howe
Institution For the Wind
Boston
Congregational Church
Collinsville
An& Books
M. Asper
F. A. Ferrell
We Seles Ink’s
Gener
Mediterranean