Date of Service: 1890-1925 1855: Born June 27th in Germany. 1869: Immigrates to the United States from Germany. 1880: Occupation is listed as a Sailor living in Baltimore with his wife, Annie, in the U.S. Census. 1890–1891: Serves as First Assistant at Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, MD. His salary is $420/year. 1891: Serves as First …
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1866: Congress appropriates $30,000 on July 28, 1866, to construct two lights to mark Brewerton Channel, on the Patapsco River, Maryland. The front light is to be built on a shoal at Hawkins Point and the rear light is to be built on Leading Point, a total of 1-1/8 mile apart. 1867: On December 16, …
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On July 28, 1866, Congress appropriated $30,000 to construct two lights that would mark the Brewerton Channel on the south shore of the Patapsco River approaching Baltimore Harbor. The rear light, Leading Point, was built on a high bluff of land approximately one mile from the front light, Hawkins Point, built on a shoal in …
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