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…
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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.…