Lighthouses
name: label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering
label: Collection Creator
content: Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Division of
label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry
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content: Division of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Glass Plate Negatives
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1089, Series 4
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content: Archival materials
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content: Glass plate negatives documenting civil and mechanical engineering activities related to lighthouses, their construction, and their parts. Few of the images are identified, but named lighthouses are the Minot's Ledge lighthouse, Liston's Rear Delaware, and Spectacle Reef Lake Huron Lighthouse. Also featured is the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The glass plates are 8 in x 10 in, 4 in x 5 in, and  6.5 in  x 8.5 in.