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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 



Photograph by Thomas Sampson 



NAVASSA ISLAND LIGHT STATION, WEST INDIES : SCHOONER IN LULU BAY 



UNLOADING SAND 



A little nook called Eulu Bay, with the schooner moored to the cliff ; this is the only 

 landing place available on Navassa Island. All the supplies and material for the lighthouse 

 construction, as well as the workmen, were brought to the island by this little schooner, which 

 was the only means of transportation for the year and nine months that the work was in 

 progress. 



the watch-room gallery. The use of this 

 structural material has resulted in a much 

 more slender outline than has been neces- 

 sary in masonry lighthouses. 



Almost everything required for this 

 work had to be brought from a distance; 

 the skilled employees were sent from the 

 United States, together with all special 



supplies and equipment; the laborers 

 came from Cuba and Jamaica, and it was 

 even necessary to bring from Jamaica all 

 the sand and most of the water used in 

 construction. 



The nearest ports were Guantanamo, 

 Cuba, 90 miles, and Kingston, Jamaica, 

 no miles distant. No good landing ex- 



