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We've been busy adding some older features as well as some new, here are a couple brand new features Bob has penned...Enjoy!

• New U.S. Coast Guard Crushes Ice on the Kennebec to Safeguard River Communities
  
  

  By the time late-March rolls around each year visions of spring may be in the air, but it’s the danger of Old Man Winter’s lingering handiwork on waterways like Maine’s Kennebec River that must be met head-on before river communities can fully relax with the arrival of warmer temperatures.
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• DCB-36 Beacon...
  Fading Away and All but Forgotten by History
  
  

  Maybe it’s because this long-time beacon once took the place of so many Fresnel lenses in major lighthouses throughout North America, or maybe it’s due to its less than beautiful appearance, which is devoid of all romance; but whatever the reason, the DCB-36 beacon seems to have all but disappeared into lighthouse history without so much as a whimper.

  The fact that the DCB-36 (Directional Code Beacon) even graced the lanterns of so many lighthouses requiring a rotating beacon seems to have been more by chance than design. Read More...

  

Whether you enjoy the history of America’s lighthouse and lifesaving services or seek to learn more about preservation efforts designed to save our nation’s historic light and lifesaving stations for future generations, you are sure to find something of interest at Storm Heroes.

New Release!

Bob has just released his latest book

Delaware Lights:
A History of Lighthouse
in the First State

Published by The History Press.

Order a personalized, autographed copy through Storm Heroes!
$19.99 

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