Tide's Out
The location was not given on the calendar postcard it decorated.
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 "Old
Ironsides", no date. The one at the right, titled "The Constitution,
'Old
Ironsides,' Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Mass." was printed before
World
War I. The top of the anchor on the right has the head of a lion. Built
between 1794 and 1797, it was permanently commissioned through an act
of
Congress in 1941. It is kept in Boston harbor. |
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"Pilot Boat Columbia wrecked off Scituate [Mass.] Nov. 27, 1898." Mailed in 1905. The schooner was wrecked in the Portland Gale with a loss of five crew members. This site has excellent information about the gale, including this wreck. |
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The note on the back says, "Ship ashore off Patchogue." Published by Chapman Bros., Photographers, Patchogue, N. Y. |
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"Sands Point Light House, Port Washington" mailed in 1909. The 80' tower was built in 1809, and the house in 1868. The lighthouse is still there, but not in operation since 1924. For an enlargement of just the buildings, click here. |
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 "Stepping
Stone Light House, on Long Island Sound, Port Washington" printed
before
WWI. It was built in 1877 and automated in 1967. Right: a real photo
view
from the opposite side. For a web page with a current picture and more
detailed history, click
here. |
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"Execution Light House on L. I. Sound, Port Washington." Built in 1849 with the keepers quarters added in 1868 and it was automated in 1979. It is also known as Execution Rocks. For a web page with a current picture and more detailed history, click here. |
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  Left:
"The Oldfield Light." The date 1868 can be clearly seen. This "Feather
Photo" card was mailed in 1911. R. S. Feather was a photographer from
Smithtown
Branch. Right: "Road to Old Field Light-House" by Greene, and an old
photograph
that was glued to an old postcard of the lighthouse. This peninsula in
Setauket is known as Old Field. Some cards show this as Port Jefferson,
Stony Brook and even Miller's Place. The lighthouse is still there. |
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 Left:
"Shinnecock Light House" mailed in 1907.
Right: "Ponquoque Lighthouse, Hampton Bays, Long Island" not mailed. This is an usual view since most only show the lighthouse. Some older cards are labeled Pon Quogue Light, Good Ground, L. I. The light was extinguished in 1931, and the lighthouse torn down December 23, 1948. For a great page on this light, click here. |
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Left: Fire Island Light
House mailed in 1911.
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 "Lime
Rock Light, Newport, R. I. showing Ida Lewis, the only woman lighthouse
keeper in the world. Heroine of many brave rescues." Discontinued in
1912,
the Ida Lewis Lighthouse is now a yacht club and is connected to land
by
a causeway. |
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"Castle Hill Light, near Jamestown, R. I." This is in Newport, across the bay from Jamestown. The lighthouse is still there and working automatically, as is that building, which is now part of the Castle Hill Inn and Resort. |
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Gull Rock Light, Newport Harbor by the Newport Bridge. Built in 1887, it was changed to a tower in 1928 and destroyed in 1970. |
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 Newport
Harbor or Goat Island Light, after
the tower was built in 1842, but before the
house was added in 1864. This is an old photo, not a postcard. At the
right is a scan of the back. At the time Fort Wolcott (the spelling was
probably phonetic) was on the island. In 1869 it became the new Naval
Torpedo Station. |
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 Left: although
labeled "Breakwater Light"
it is actually the
Newport Harbor or Goat Island Light after the house was
added. The
house was torn down in 1923, but the tower still stands as above.
Right: from the opposite side. For more pictures see this web
site. |
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"Gould's Island Light, Narragansett Bay, R. I." This card was published before World War I. The lighthouse was built in 1889 and torn down in 1960. |
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Beaver Tail Lighthouse, built in 1856, is on the southern tip of the island called Beaver Tail. Yes, there is a Beaver Head. It is at the other end of that part of the island, near where the ferry service to the mainland used to be located, but the name has not often been used except on maps. |
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 Left:
"Hog Island Shoal Light House Southwest from Bristol. Narragansett
Bay."
Pre-1908. Portsmouth is really closer to this. Built in 1901, it was
automated
in 1964 and is still there. Right: Dutch Island Light, on the west side
of Jamestown, mailed in 1910. The building is still
there. |
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 Left:
"Prudence, R.I." This is an island in Narragansett Bay. The Prudence
Island light is on Sandy Point. Right: Mislabeled Sand Point. The
steamer is "Mount Hope." The building isstill
there. A history of the light is on this page. |
