Author: George E. Buker
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817316086
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193

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Fascinating story of American ingenuity and its struggle against bureaucracy and chicanery

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Category : Literature
Languages : en
Pages : 644

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Languages : en
Pages : 642

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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 670

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Author: United States. Congress
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1220

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The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

Author: James Claflin
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467122130
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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For centuries, heroic men and women have guarded the treacherous yet beloved Cape Cod coastlines. From Provincetown to Chatham, Sandwich to Cuttyhunk, and many towns in between, residents have relied on the Atlantic for employment and nourishment. But Cape Cod has always been plagued with a shifting coastline that consistently defies mariners' efforts to pass through Massachusetts waters. In 1792, as shipping increased, mariners petitioned for a sorely needed lighthouse. It was not until 1797 that the first lighthouse on Cape Cod was built at the Highlands in North Truro. More lights and rescue stations would follow as the seas claimed their toll. Many lightship stations were also established from Chatham through Nantucket Sound to mark the constantly changing sandbars submerged offshore--more than in any other spot along the US coastline. Today, as sea levels change and sands continue to shift, some of these historic stations have been lost or moved, while still others are preserved only in such photographs as these.

Author: Linda J. Barth
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439664447
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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New Jersey's institutional research accolades are renowned--medical inventions at Johnson & Johnson, the genius of Edison Labs and fourteen Nobel Prizes to Bell Labs scientists. But beyond those behemoths of innovation lie many more breakthroughs and firsts. In 1869, Rutgers and Princeton played the first college football game. Famed inventor Abram Spanel developed the Apollo space suit at his home, Drumthwacket, now the official residence of governors. The American Can Company and Krueger Brewing Company teamed up to create the first beer can. Author Linda J. Barth reveals these and many more stories of the state's diverse tradition of original ideas and trailblazing personas.

Author: United States. Life-Saving Service
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Languages : en
Pages : 178

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Author: United States. Life-Saving Service
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Languages : en
Pages : 182

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Author: Anonymous
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385487471
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.