A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Delaware > Sussex http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=642 Also visit our new sister sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=50754 Submitted by: Harrison H Howeth Article Title: Biloxi Daily Herald Article Date: January 10 1907 Article Description: New Weather Signal Tower at Lewes Article Text: Uncle Sam will erect the highest warning and storm tower in the Government Weather Service at Lewes, Delaware. THEODORE F. TOWNSEND, chief of the weather bureau for the Philadelphi district has invited bids for the erection of the tower which will be 115 feet in height and surmounted by a 20 foot mast for flying the weather signal flags. The new tower will make the weather station at Lewes one of the moet complete in the government service. Other warning towers are at Fort Norris and Cape May Point. The new one, larger, will differ in several respects. Across the top will be a large steel arm with a cable on which eight feet square international code signal flags wil be displayed to constantly signal vessels of weather conditions and warn of danger. Lewes is one of the most improtant stations along the coast and the Marine Exchange reporting station has been improved. There are two breakwaters at Lewes and the exact location for the tower has not yet been fixed. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ DE-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com