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Lighthouses Become Tourist Attractions, Destinations
Lighthouses are a symbol of hope. They help the lost find their way. Often, they're focal points in communities, shaping character and adding special charm.
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Round Island Lighthouse to be Pascagoula's Icon
At 4:49 p.m. Friday, Pascagoula turned on the lantern at the top of the Round Island Lighthouse, the city's new icon.
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California’s Pigeon Point Lighthouse Makes for an Illuminating Stay
This iconic 19th-century building is now a so-so hostel but it’s still worth staying for the hot tub, dramatic setting and incredible lighthouse itself
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Installation of New Lens Marks Rebirth of Buffalo Lighthouse
The Buffalo Lighthouse will once again slice the night over Lake Erie, thanks to a lens crafted in Florida by a mechanical engineer whose real job in part is to design roller coasters for Disney World.
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Wind Point Lighthouse
In 1870, the Lighthouse Board petitioned Congress for $40,000 to construct a lighthouse and fog signal on Racine Point, located three-and-a-half miles north of Racine and eighteen miles south of Milwaukee.
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Souter Lighthouse in South Shields to get £120,000
A Tyneside lighthouse, which was the first in the world designed and built to be powered by electricity, undergoes a £120,000 facelift.
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Seul Choix Lighthouse Heralded as One of the Most Complete Lights on the Great Lakes
Seul Choix includes a two-story brick keeper's house, a fog signal building, an assistant keeper's house, two oil houses, and other buildings.
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Outer Banks Lighthouses
For more than two centuries, lighthouses have guarded the Outer Banks coast. Generations of seaborne travelers and mariners have sought the comfort of these beacons' reassuring light as they navigated perilous channels and shoals that mark the Graveyard of the Atlantic. Perhaps that is why these sentinels, among the tallest in America, have come to serve as beacons of hope and inspiration.
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Where to Spot the San Francisco Bay Area's Most Beautiful Lighthouses
Lighthouses may have originally been designed to guide sailors, but these historic relics also serve as gorgeous beacons for a vista-filled roadtrip around the Bay Area.
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Remembering Rhode Island's Most Famous Lighthouse Keeper
Ida Lewis drew national attention for rescuing as many as 25 people in Newport Harbor during the years she was lighthouse keeper of Lime Rock.
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5 Lighthouse Museums in Rhode Island
5 places to learn about lighthouses while taking in their beauty.
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Beaver Island Lighthouse a Gateway to the North Through Straits of Mackinac
Beaver Island Lighthouse, also known as Beaver Head Light, is located on the south end of Beaver Island in Lake Michigan.
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The Three Sisters Lighthouses
An 1836 petition by Eastham residents concerned about loved ones at sea caused the Boston Marine Society to recommend to the United States Congress the construction of the Nauset Lights. Congress granted $10,000, and the contract was awarded to Winslow Lewis, the lowest bidder at $6549.Three 15-foot high masonry towers were built. The lights soon gained the nickname “The Three Sisters” because from sea they looked like women in white dresses with black hats. '
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Cheboygan River Front Range Lighthouse Helped Bolster Local Shipping and Lumber Economy
The Cheboygan River range lights were built in 1880 in response to the increasing commerce taking place in Cheboygan.
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Frankfort North Breakwater Lighthouse, Michigan
A few more shots in attached gallery.
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Point Betsie Lighthouse - Frankfort, Michigan.
More photos in attached gallery.
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Sunrise reflected through the lenses of South Manitou Island (Michigan) Lighthouse, unused since 1958.
More lighthouse photos in gallery.
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Little Sable Point Lighthouse Offers 130 Steps to a Great View
- Little Sable Point Lighthouse was built in 1874 as a coastal light to assist ships navigating on Lake Michigan.
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As the Light Guides Others to Safety, Two Guide the Lighthouse
On a hot, sunny evening last week, Richard Skidmore and Joan LeLacheur sat at a picnic table on the porch of a small cottage at Aquinnah Circle that has served as headquarters for the Gay Head Light relocation project.
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Lake Michigan Lighthouse for Sale Through Online Auction
An online auction started July 1 for the Isle Aux Galets lighthouse on Skillagalee Island.
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