The Hendricks Head Lighthouse Station had been commissioned in 1829 on Southport Island near Boothbay Harbor in Maine. The area overlooks the mouth of the Sheepscot River and the Atlantic Ocean near the Cuckolds Light, and views the Sequin Island Lighthouse. This location helped bring…
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Early LifeEdward John Smith was born in Hanley, Staffordshire England on January 27, 1850. Smith went to the British School in Eturia Staffordshire. At 13 he left and operated a steam hammer. In 1867, he moved to Liverpool at age 17, following his half-brother Joseph…
Chris Craft founder Chris Smith, when a boy, enjoyed duck hunting, and as a hobby, carved his decoys from wood, which got him interested in boat building. He built his first boat with his brother Henry in 1874, a 13-foot skiff. Both brothers started to…
The Shinnecock Bay Lighthouse was once part of the tallest lighthouses on the Eastern Seaboard. It filled the void between Montauk Point and Fire Island. It was located at Ponogue Point, on the northerly side of the Shinnecock Bay.It was built in 1857 and deactivated…
In 1827 Portland Harbor was declared a port of entry. The Barcelona Harbor Lighthouse was erected to assist with the navigation on the waters, the shipping on Lake Erie, and for the opening of the Erie Canal. Everything moved on the waters prior to an…
The USS Enterprise was the third to be called Enterprise. She was a schooner, built by Henry Spencer in Baltimore, Maryland in 1799.The ship was overhauled and rebuilt several times. It was changed from a twelve-gun schooner to a fourteen-gun, and eventually to a brig.…