Digest>Jan/Feb 2009
Photo Caption:
Joseph Taylor Yates worked for the U.S. Lighthouse Service for an amazing forty-two years with the last twenty-seven of those as the Superintendent of the Third Lighthouse District, St. George, Staten Island, New York. With only twelve lighthouse districts in the United States, Yates was one of the highest ranking and most influential lighthouse officials of his time. (Photograph courtesy of Ted Sadler.) Back to the edition of: Jan/Feb 2009
Story:
Another Lighthouse History Mystery Solved
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