The USLHS Passport Program continues to celebrate lighthouses and their ongoing preservation with Series IV featuring our 4th set of Lost Lighthouses. We are happy to introduce you to four more of these important lighthouses that were critical to our maritime history, and although they are lost to time, they are not forgotten.
1. THE CAPE FEAR LIGHTHOUSE
Three lighthouses have been built to warn mariners away from the dangerous Frying Pan Shoals which extend some eighteen miles southeast of Bald Head Island, North Carolina. The lights guided vessels to the mouth of the Cape Fear River and the city of Wilmington.
A full description for this lighthouse is included with your stamps.
2. The CHARLOTTE HARBOR LIGHTHOUSE
The Charlotte Harbor Light was placed at a bend in the deeper part of the harbor to guide ships to the railroad docks in Punta Gorda, Florida the southern terminus of the Florida Southern Railroad.
A full description for this lighthouse is included with your stamps.
3. THE CRABTREE LEDGE LIGHTHOUSE
Crabtree Ledge Light was located on a ledge about one mile off Crabtree Neck at the north end of Frenchman Bay and approximately six miles north of Bar Harbor, Maine. The sparkplug style lighthouse helped guide vessels carrying lumber and granite into the Taunton Bay, as well as passenger steamers heading to and from the railroad terminus at Hancock Point.
A full description for this lighthouse is included with your stamps.
4. THE ROE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE
Located on Suisun Bay across from Port Chicago, 33 miles from the Golden Gate, the Roe Island Lighthouse is further inland than any other lighthouse in California. Seven miles east of Benicia, the island is nothing more than a piece of marsh land only slightly above the water at high tide and overgrown with tule.
A full description for this lighthouse is included with your stamps.
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