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On the completion of the work, there remained the sum of $30,000 of the original appropriation unexpended. It was the intention of the Lighthouse Board to devote this unexpended balance to the preparation of a complete history, with plans and pictorial illustrations. But the constructing engineer, the late Gen. B. S. Alexander, relieved from the work only a few weeks before the breaking out of the war, was called upon for services in arduous and absorbing labors during the whole period of its duration.
On the completion of the work, there remained the sum of $30,000 of the original appropriation unexpended. It was the intention of the Lighthouse Board to devote this unexpended balance to the preparation of a complete history, with plans and pictorial illustrations. But the constructing engineer, the late Gen. B. S. Alexander, relieved from the work only a few weeks before the breaking out of the war, was called upon for services in arduous and absorbing labors during the whole period of its duration.
Minot's Ledge Lighthouse
Alexander, B. S. (author)
2021-01-01
121879-01-01 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
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Engineering Index Backfile | 1901
Braving the Storm: Minot’s Ledge Lighthouse
| ASCE | 2016