Lighthouses of Bar Harbor and the Acadia Region (Images of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (943 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0093H8YB8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 305 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-24 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Since the structures were located on remote islands or in a highly restricted military installation, the photographs and historical firsthand memories of most of these lighthouses have remained elusive and seemingly lost in the dusty pages of time. As the vessel traffic changed in these areas in the early 1900s, some of these lighthouses were sold into private ownership while others became less important as aids to navigation. Through vintage photographs, Lighthouses of Bar Harbor and the Acadia Region uncovers the history of these structures that kept watch over Maine's rocky coast.. With the exception of Mount Desert Island's Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse, the lighthouses of Bar Harbor and the Acadia region are among the most remote and lesser-known lighthouses of Maine
He is also the founder of the Museum of Lighthouse History, which in 2007 merged with the Maine Lighthouse Museum in Rockland. . As the author or coauthor of seven lighthouse books, he has given hundreds of lectures and dedicated his life to locating, documenting, and preserving lighthouse history for future generations. Timothy E.
Desert Island, most of the lighthouses of Bar Harbor and the Acadia region are among Maine’s lesser known lighthouses. Harrison says, “This is a way of life that will never again be repeated. Many of the 200 historic images in the book, including vintage images of lighthouses keepers and their families, have never been published before. ‘They were collected over a period of time and many came from the descendants of the families of lighthouse keepers who were kind enough to share them with me.”According to Harrison, with the exception of Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse on Mt. Title: Maine Author Releases Seventh Lighthouse BookAuthor: Timothy Harrison Publisher: Maine BusinessDate: 4/9/09Lighthouses of Bar Harbor and the Acadia Region, the seventh lighthouse book authored by noted ligh