Statements (23)
Predicate | Object |
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gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:government_agency
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gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:dissolved |
1910
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gptkbp:established |
1852
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gptkbp:headquartersLocation |
gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
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gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
modernized U.S. lighthouse system
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Lighthouse Board
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gptkbp:introduced |
Fresnel lens technology to U.S. lighthouses
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gptkbp:notableMember |
gptkb:Rear_Admiral_William_B._Shubrick
gptkb:Alexander_Dallas_Bache gptkb:Joseph_Henry |
gptkbp:officialName |
gptkb:United_States_Lighthouse_Board
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gptkbp:oversees |
lighthouse keepers
construction of new lighthouses |
gptkbp:parentOrganization |
gptkb:United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury
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gptkbp:precededBy |
Superintendent of Lighthouses
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gptkbp:replacedBy |
gptkb:Bureau_of_Lighthouses
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gptkbp:responsibleFor |
lighthouses
aids to navigation buoys lightships |
gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Lighthouse_Authority
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gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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