1184. (photo) U.S. Lightship Buzzards Bay on station c.1960.
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1184. (photo) U.S. Lightship Buzzards Bay on station c.1960.
1184. (photo) U.S. Lightship Buzzards Bay on station c.1960. Clear, close original 7” x 9” press photo shows great detail of the Buzzards Bay Lightship moored on station at the approach to the Cape Cod Canal. The news caption indicates that she was built in 1923 and is to be one of the first to be replaced by fixed offshore “Texas Tower” type lights, to begin in 1961. Photo is b/w and includes date and credit line and description on back. Dated August 1960. Clear and close view. (VG+). $84.