Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Black and White ; Size: 6 3/4w x 10h ; Type of Image: Document ; Medium: Paper
Type:
Document
Paper
Place:
Boston (Mass.)
Date:
July 10, 1869
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
This image was scanned from the Joseph Henry Papers Volume 10, page facing page 279.
Summary:
Minot's Ledge Lighthouse, near Boston Harbor, as depicted by Alfred R. Waud (1828-1891) in Harper's Weekly, July 10, 1869. After the collapse of the first lighthouse at Minot's Ledge in 1851, Jospeh Henry, first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and other members of the United States Lighthouse Board oversaw construction of a new granite one by army engineer Barton Stone Alexander. Completed in 1860, the $300,000 structure was considered a marvel of engineering.
Contained within:
Rothenberg, Marc, et al, eds., The Papers of Joseph Henry, Volume 10, The Smithsonian Years: January 1858-December 1865 (Smithsonian Institution in association with Science History Publications/USA, 2004)
