New Castle, historic and picturesque . ^ for a grant sufficient forthe lantern; and later, for the lighthouse. He told the Assemblyin his best rhetoric, that Every future expiring cry of a drown-ing Mariner upon our coast, will bitterly accuse the unfeelingRecusant that wastes that Life to save a paltry unblessed Shil- 5 ^ >. HISTORIC AND PICTURESQUE 25 ling. But shillings, blessed or unblessed, were scarce in thosedays; and the Assembly talked of squandering the peoplesmoney, after the current manner. However, the Governor builtthe lighthouse, and left the Assembly to pay for it afterwards
New Castle, historic and picturesque . ^ for a grant sufficient forthe lantern; and later, for the lighthouse. He told the Assemblyin his best rhetoric, that Every future expiring cry of a drown-ing Mariner upon our coast, will bitterly accuse the unfeelingRecusant that wastes that Life to save a paltry unblessed Shil- 5 ^ >. HISTORIC AND PICTURESQUE 25 ling. But shillings, blessed or unblessed, were scarce in thosedays; and the Assembly talked of squandering the peoplesmoney, after the current manner. However, the Governor builtthe lighthouse, and left the Assembly to pay for it was of wood, and plenty of it. If shillings were not abund-ant, timber was; and there was more than enough in the oldstructure to build a modern house. It was eight-sided, andstraddled the rocks like a wooden Colossus. The main timberswere ninety feet in height and eighteen inches square, and musthave been of primeval growth. The base diameter of the build-ing was forty feet. It was built to endure, and a thousand yearswould have been a moderate limit to its usefulness. In 1789 itwas ceded by the State to the United States. In 1854 it wasshortened to sixty feet, so as not to be mistaken for Whalesback,the outer harbor light. In 1879 it was pulled down, and a hideousiron tower took its place, which resembles nothing s
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