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Since
the1700's, the lighthouses of the East Coast have lit the way for mariners
to aid in the safe navigation of these shorelines. Heavy shipping
of goods along the eastern seaboard prompted the construction of lighthouses
in concentrated numbers. In 1820 the coast from Delaware Bay northward
possessed 75% of the nation's lighthouses. The pattern for this concentration
of lighthouses had been set during the colonial period. After the
Revolution, New England retained it's notoriety in maritime activity, and
as a result, the number of lighthouses increased dramatically. Of
the 14 lighthouses built between the end of the war and 1799, all but 4
were north of New York City. The following 20 years saw little change
in this growth... only 6 of the 26 lighthouses constructed in the 1801
- 1820 period were located south of the Delaware Bay. At the end
of the Revolution, less than half of these lighthouses were still in operation.
The colonies spent a great deal of time and money in the repair of these
guardians of the Eastern Shores of the Atlantic.BY GEOGRAPHICAL
REGION
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