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Bright Ideas #8: Paul Pelz & The Final Form Of Standard Brick Lighthouse Design

William J. Newman’s design for Cape Hatteras Lighthouse served as the template for most postbellum brick lighthouses. For that it seems we have Paul J. Pelz to thank. Pelz had an impressive engineering career, including the Library of Congress. (See my 2017 article in Keeper’s Log Vol. 33 No. 4 for more about his life… Continue reading Bright Ideas #8: Paul Pelz & The Final Form Of Standard Brick Lighthouse Design