28398a. [bid booklet] U. S. Light-House Establishment. SPECIFICATIONS OF WOODEN PONTOONS FOR FRAMEWORK TO BE ERECTED ON DIAMOND SHOALS, CAPE HATTERAS, NORTH CAROLINA. 1893.
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28398a. [bid booklet] U. S. Light-House Establishment. SPECIFICATIONS OF WOODEN PONTOONS FOR FRAMEWORK TO BE ERECTED ON DIAMOND SHOALS, CAPE HATTERAS, NORTH CAROLINA. 1893.
28398a. [bid booklet] U. S. Light-House Establishment. SPECIFICATIONS OF WOODEN PONTOONS FOR FRAMEWORK TO BE ERECTED ON DIAMOND SHOALS, CAPE HATTERAS, NORTH CAROLINA. 1893. 20 pp. 9½” x 12”. Soft wraps. Contains complete Advertisement, Instructions to Bidders, Bid Form, Guarantee, Contracts and Specifications for the above wooden pontoons for carrying framework for erecting a the lighthouse on Diamond Shoals. Plans for a permanent lighthouse on the treacherous Diamond Shoal, off Cape Hattras, were one of the most important engineering schemes which the Government had yet undertaken. Congress had appropriated $200,000 for the work, and authorized a contract amounting to half a million dollars for the construction of the light at this point, which was the scene of many maritime disasters. In time, after a number of failures, plans were abandoned in favor of a lightship to be moored at that site. This specification booklet is from those early efforts. Specifications detail all manner of construction of these structures. Includes typed sheet listing the four bids received for these items, from whom and the amount. Excellent for research, interesting reading. Clean, intact save brittle front wrap loose and chipped. (VG-). $125.