1650-7. Light-House Establishment. Specifications for The Foundation and Iron-Work of the Hilton Head Range Light-Houses, South Carolina. [Washington, DC]: GPO, 1877.
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1650-7. Light-House Establishment. Specifications for The Foundation and Iron-Work of the Hilton Head Range Light-Houses, South Carolina. [Washington, DC]: GPO, 1877.
1650-7. Light-House Establishment. Specifications for The Foundation and Iron-Work of the Hilton Head Range Light-Houses, South Carolina. [Washington, DC]: GPO, 1877. 6 x 9″. 11 pages, plus two loose two-page sheets with specifications. On July 31, 1876, Congress authorized the expenditure of $40,000 for range lights on Hilton Head and Bay Point to guide vessels into Port Royal Sound. Contracts for the work were executed in 1878. Both lights and dwellings were completed in June 1880, but the Lighthouse Board decided to delay activation of the lights until August 1, 1881, when the range lights on nearby Parris Island would be finished. Included are specifications for the concrete foundation (2 copies) central core and piers, iron work for rear and front light houses. Includes foundation discs and bars, columns, watch room floor, watch room and lantern room gallery railings, hand rails, stairs, wood-work, lanterns and roofs, and much more. This pamphlet originally accompanied a set of drawings (not present). Complete, wraps present, chipped and some soiling but still unusually good condition. Rare important booklet. (VG). $125.