The Nautical Encyclopedia
Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

Stem Light

Sea Terms

The light carried on top of the stem on all inland vessels, and which takes the place of the masthead light as carried by ocean steamers. The stem light is white in character, and shows from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on each side.

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