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good strong foundation, and it is doing excellent service with its
warning beams. Near by, tossing in the angry “waters, is a fragment
of a mast, and the moonlight shows a vessel away off, that looks as
if in a ticklish position. A structure like this is common, but here
is one that is simply a house on a solid base of stone-work, and in
the cupola of the house is the lantern. It is a Long Island Sound
light. Rather a lonesome home that would be for you, boys.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FOURTH ORDER LIGHTHOUSE, AT PENFIELD L. 1. SOUND.

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ened by braces. This is a picture of the lightaouse at Thimble
Shoal, Hampton Roads, Ya. On one side, there is a ladder de-