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Fifth L[ight] H[ouse] district – Vintage Print

Fifth L[ight] H[ouse] district, 1882 — historic image
Fifth L[ight] H[ouse] district, 1882. Historic image from the Lighthouses collection.

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Step back in time with Fifth L[ight] H[ouse] district, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.

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Fifth L[ight] H[ouse] district

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Few charts of the period cover a whole stretch of coast as clearly as this 1882 map of the Fifth Lighthouse District, which spans the coasts of Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. Each light station carries its own symbol, so a navigator could tell at a glance what kind of light lay ahead, and the mileage scales allow distances between stations to be measured. The United States Lighthouse Board, created in 1852, divided the nation's coastline into numbered districts and issued working charts like this one to guide mariners. Today the map preserves a detailed record of how the Mid-Atlantic approaches were lit in the late nineteenth century.

Created / published1882
SubjectsMid-Atlantic coast map featuring light house locations In Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, with mileage scales and symbols for different varities of lights.
Original scan2,544 × 3,158 px · prints to 8 × 11 in at 300 dpi
Reference55

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