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KATE’S CORNER #20

Kate Walker here, keeping the light on Robbins Reef. We talked earlier about lighthouses with caisson foundations. Let’s look at two caisson lights. Fourteen Foot Bank Light Station stands in Delaware Bay near Bowers Beach. It was America’s first pneumatic caisson lighthouse structure, built in 1887. The U.S. Light-House Board (USLHB) Committee on Engineering reviewed… Continue reading KATE’S CORNER #20