Image: Sandy Hook Lightship

Description: Identifier: pilotlorefromsai00unit Title: Pilot lore; from sail to steam Year: 1922 (1920s) Authors: United New York and New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Benevolent Associations National Service Bureau Allen, Edward L Subjects: Shipping -- New York (State) New York Pilots and pilotage -- New York (State) New York New York (N.Y.) -- Harbor Publisher: [New York] Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ft that ship off Sandy Hook, transferredto the steam pilot boat where she was kept until the outgoing UnitedStates should come up, where she was to be placed on board withher sister and little baby, who were going abroad with her. Whenthe United States came out of the .Lower Bay she was halted by thepilot boat and preparations were made to place the woman on ^cfkfd ;y*of her when it was found that the- si4ter and baby had not, finally,%j-itaken that steamer because of the absence of the member of.the*-^tparty who had gone to the wrong ship. So the woman was again* 1.placed on the pilot boat and brought to Staten Island that right^She had no money and was a stranger in New York, so one o££tKe .^pilots took her to his home where she was cared for until she could:communicate with her sister. In the meantime the pilots had Triader \.up a small purse for the luckless lady and she was finally seft ,on„v.her way rejoicing. ..g ^ ^ 74 — ^ ft- g o*. *- > C c fc n «i re re 1 «5 H XS1 Text Appearing After Image: <BOAR<DI(NG THE LEVIATHANS WITH the mammoth Leviathan, Berengaria, Olympic, Aqui-tania, Mauretania, Rotterdam, Paris, Adriatic and the com-ing Majestic matters of small and unusual interest thesedays of gigantic undertakings, it is amusing to turn back thepages of modern marine history and to peruse what was written,a scarce twenty years ago, about the immense size of whatare now considered but comparatively large steamships. Hardto Board Ships and Pilots Find It More and More Dangerousto Reach Liners are two headings over an article in theSt. Louis Republic, in October, 1901, which says that the im-mense size of the new ocean giant, the Celtic, has raised a seriousquestion among pilots and steamship men generally. The articlegoes on to relate how the new Celtic is nine stories in height,five of which are above the water line and asks: What interests thepilots is, How can they get up the side of this giant, without theexpenditure of enough energy to run a small sawmill for sever Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: Sandy Hook Lightship
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