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Lighthouse Fourteen Foot Bank 1887 detailed blueprint plan of the steel caisson based Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse in Delaware Bay, Delaware. It was designed by Major D.P. Heap chief engineer for the U.S. Light House Board in 1886. The Lighthouse is unique because 73 foot high cast iron cylinder was floated out onto the shallow banks of Delaware Bay and put in place. The cylinder or caisson as it was called, was filled with concrete. On top of caisson was built the lighthouse building. The construction was completed and lighted in 1887…..plan measures 18” 22” and is produced on standard type blueprint paper…seajunk.com...Nautical and maritime research of blueprints..237…... This is not an old blueprint. It is newly produced blueprint created from an original architectural drawing on typical lightweight blueprint paper. It is not poster.  The deep blue background color varies depending on the age and quality of the original drawing. In most cases it will be shipped untrimmed with the image having extra blank space around it. The extra paper helps protects the image area of the blueprint during shipment.Awesome looking plan will look fantastic when matted and framed properly for display. *NOTE:...To get an idea what blueprint looks like when nicely matted and framed for display click here....  Framed Blueprint... Digital camera does not do justice to the rich solid blue background and details of this awesome looking plan.
We ship US Priority Mail,  COMBINED SHIPPING UP TO THREE BLUEPRINTS, ROLLED and packed in heavy duty shipping container...Combined discount shipping for each single page blueprint thereafter......PLEASE WAIT FOR EMAILED INVOICE for correct billing, if you overpay postage by mistake we will refund you the overpayment.We ship out of USA, 1st Class Mail.... but at the sole risk of the buyer as there is no tracking for 1st Class mail outside of USA form many countries and any customs duties that may be charged to you are your sole responsibility. If you want less risk in shipping use Priority International Mail, more expensive, but less risky.Countries that offer tracking outside of USA for First Class Mail are:  Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Israel, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain and Switzerland.Attention overseas buyers: Any customs or import duties that may be charged to you are your sole responsibility. Attention overseas buyers: Any customs or import duties that may be charged to you are your sole responsibility.


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