Lightship Overfalls

Responsible for establishing aids for the navigation of our nation’s waterways, the United States government Initiated the use of manned lightships or “floating lighthouses" in 1820. These vessels addressed many needs. They could be placed in locations where deep water ...

Overfalls Lightship

Lewes Maritime History Trail

The Lightship Overfalls is one of the 179 ships

that servrd as floating lighthouses on America's

three coasts and the Great Lakes between 1820

and 1985. Lightships were used where it was not

feasible to build a ...