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Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
 4 drawings |  1 b&w photos |  3 data pages |  1 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Absecon Lighthouse, Pacific Avenue, between Rhode Island & Vermont Ave, Atlantic City, Atlantic County, NJ
CALL NUMBER:
HABS NJ,1-ATCI,2-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Measured Drawing(s): 4 (18 x 24 in.)
Photo(s): 1 (8 x 10 in.)
Data Page(s): 2 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1933.
CREATOR:
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HABS NJ-734
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-561).
Significance: The lighthouse was constructed by the United States government after a number of tragic shipwrecks in the vicinity of Absecon Beach were attributed to lack of navigational signals. The beam is higher above sea level than any other light on the New Jersey coast, except the Twin Lights Lighthouse.
SUBJECTS:
NEW JERSEY--Atlantic County--Atlantic City
COLLECTION:
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.nj0001
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. NIGHT VIEW OF LIGHTHOUSE SILHOUETTED AGAINST SEA AND SKY
CONTROL #:
NJ0001
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