Lighthouses of Eastern Michigan / Will and Pat O'Connell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Connell, Wil., Author.

O'Connell, Pat., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lighthouses--Detroit River (Mich. and Ont.)--History--Pictorial works.

Lighthouses.

Lighthouses--Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.)--History--Pictorial works.

Lighthouses--Michigan--Mackinac, Straits of--History--Pictorial works.

Lighthouses--Saint Clair, Lake (Mich. and Ont.)--History--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations, map.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

From the Straits of Mackinac to the Detroit River, Images of America: Lighthouses of Eastern Michigan reveals intriguing stories of lighthouses and the people who depended on them. Readers will enjoy discovering what happened when a large ship fell 20 feet over one of the Soo Locks and the captain commented, "Good-bye Old World," as well as of a persistent ghost that caused havoc with the Coast Guard. Which lighthouse was a construction miracle in 1874? And whatever happened to the lost lighthouses of the Detroit River? A collection of the mysteries, storms, fires, and heroics surrounding the lighthouses of eastern Michigan are waiting within.

Contents:

The Soo Locks and the Straits Lighthouses

A toppled tower and upper Lake Huron lighthouses

Spectacle, DeTour, and the beloved Forty Mile lighthouses

A mystery among Alpena area lighthouses

A burning ship rescue and mid-Michigan lighthouses

Lighthouses during the "white hurricane"

An unhappy keeper and St. Clair lighthouses

Secrets of slightly sinful lighthouses

Lost lighthouses of the Detroit River

Ships that seldom sail.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127).

OCLC:

884606845