Lighthouse tower mounted on U.S. Coast Guard vessel W547 – Vintage Wall Art
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A window into the past: Lighthouse tower mounted on U.S. Coast Guard vessel W547, preserved in this historic image. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Lighthouse tower mounted on U.S. Coast Guard vessel W547
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Few pictures on this board show a lighthouse tower on a ship's deck rather than standing on a shoreline or rock, and this one places the tower aboard U.S. Coast Guard vessel W547. The Coast Guard took over the nation's lighthouses and other aids to navigation when the U.S. Lighthouse Service was merged into it in 1939, so a tower on a service vessel reflects the work of building, moving, and maintaining coastal lights. Service vessels of this kind were often used to carry such equipment to remote sites. The tall, slender tower looks out of place on a working deck, which is worth noticing.
| Original scan | 4,878 × 5,943 px · prints to 16 × 20 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif09099_BaltimoreLighthouseChesapeakeB |
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