Iron Lighthouses
The Colwell Iron Works in New York have built the firdt of a series of iron lighthouses for the United States (Government. The lighthouse in question is made of 150 cast-iron plates 5-Bin iv thickness, with internal flanges for the purpose of bolting together anc] also supporting the. floor beaxxiii. The iron shell will be lined with brick masonry and concrete. The Etructureis 80 feet in height, 60 feet in circumfereace at the base and 54 feet at the top, and contains five rooms below the watchroom.. .The parts have been assembled at the works jireparatary to their permanent erection on the Delaware Breakwater.— Eugiaeering.
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 74, 1 December 1885, Page 4
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107Iron Lighthouses Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 74, 1 December 1885, Page 4
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