Light List: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States ...1893 |
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base of structure beacon Bell struck black day black lantern Blast buoy Cape Charles Cape Fear River center of lantern Characteristic of light Chesapeake Bay Cluster of three Color and peculiarity Conn Connecticut River day-mark Distance visible ery every 15 feet at mean feet of water Fixed red Fixed white Tub'lar Fog signal Harbor Height of light Hudson River Johns River last rebuilt light above mean Light Station light-house light-house or vessel Light-Vessel Long Island Sound mark Mass mean low water Narragansett Bay Number Order of light peculiarity of light-house Penobscot Bay piles and roof piles with black piles with red Point Post-Light Post-Light Range rear red day red sector screw-pile screw-pile structure side of channel side of entrance side of river Silent interval struck by machin structure to center three piles tical tical miles tower and dwelling white dwelling White tower white Tub'lar lantern
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Page 14 - ... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine...
Page 12 - ... the provisions of this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars...
Page 13 - Maryland by the authority of the United States lighthouse board, or shall in any manner hang on with any vessel or raft, or part of a raft, to any such...
Page 8 - Treasury is authorized, empowered, and directed to define and establish an anchorage ground for vessels in the bay and harbor of New York, and in the Hudson and East Rivers, to adopt suitable rules and regulations in relation thereto, and to take all necessary measures for the proper enforcement of such rules and regulations.
Page 8 - ... whoever holds out or shows any false light, or extinguishes any true light, with intent to bring any vessel sailing upon the sea into danger, or distress, or shipwreck, shall be imprisoned not less than ten years and may be imprisoned for life.
Page 15 - ... shall, when the same shall be legally ascertained, be a lien upon such vessel or raft and may be recovered against said vessel or raft and the owner or owners thereof in an action of debt in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state.
Page 8 - That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized, empowered, and directed to define and establish an anchorage ground for vessels in the bay and harbor of New York, and in the Hudson and East Rivers...
Page 7 - The table following gives the approximate geographic range of visibility for an object which may be seen by an observer whose eye is at sea level; in practice, therefore, it is necessary to add to these a distance of visibility corresponding to the height of the observer's eye above sea level.
Page 13 - ... as aforesaid, and shall fail to give notice as soon as practicable of having done so to the...
Page 9 - ... and the said vessel may be holden for the payment of such penalty, and may be seized and proceeded against summarily by libel for the recovery of the same in any United States district court for the district within which such vessel may be, and in the name of the officer designated by the Secretary of War.