Rose Castro-Bran

Lighthouses of the Ventura Coast (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Ventura County coast has been illuminated for more than a century by three distinctive lighthouses, united in their mission of warning mariners of coastal hazards and guiding ships to safe passage. Port Hueneme,s original 1874 Victorian Stick Style lighthouse stood sentry until it was replaced in 1940 by the still-standing art moderne structure, which guards the only deepwater port on the California coast between San Francisco and San Pedro. The Anacapa Island Light, a cylindrical brick structure in the Channel Islands lit in 1932, was the last new lighthouse on the West Coast. Ventura, originally dubbed San Buenaventura by Fr. Junipero Serra in 1782, extends its ,good fortune, to the steamers, warships, tankers, and other craft guided to safety by these navigation beacons.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439625439
• Artikelnr.: 40009605

Autorenporträt

A flotilla commander in the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and a member of the Coast Guard's Aids to Navigation Team, author Rose Castro-Bran helps maintain California's lighthouses and has been museum curator of Point Hueneme Lighthouse since 2002. The evocative vintage images showcased here are from her collection, local museums, lighthouse keepers' families, and the Point Hueneme Lighthouse collection.