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  2. Lighthouses and Barracks for Sale, Cheap - AOL

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    Try unloading a lighthouse. Saddled with buildings, properties and land it can't use, the U.S. government is ready to deal -- which spells opportunity for buyers with a little imagination. Check ...

  3. List of lighthouses in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Boston Light, the oldest light station and second oldest lighthouse structure in the US Charleston Light, the last manned lighthouse built on shore in the United States. This is a list of lighthouses in the United States. The United States has had approximately a thousand lights as well as light towers, range lights, and pier head lights.

  4. 4 Historic Lighthouses You Could Buy Cheap - AOL

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    If you want to relocate to the keeper's dwelling of a giant cylindrical structure that guided ships to safety in pre-GPS times on some barren stretch of rocky coastline, you can make that dream a...

  5. List of lighthouses in Illinois and Indiana - Wikipedia

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    Notable faux lighthouses: Cooper Memorial (1997), on the Prairie Creek Reservoir near Muncie, is an active light but does not meet the Directory's size standard for a lighthouse. Gloryland Lighthouse, near New Castle, is not on navigable water.

  6. Manistique East Breakwater Light - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, efforts were made under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000 to convey the lighthouse to an eligible entity at no cost. When no such entity assumed stewardship of the lighthouse, it was made available for sale via GSA Auctions. The auction closed July 15, 2013, and the lighthouse was bought by a private individual. [4]

  7. Nobska Light - Wikipedia

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    Nobska Light, originally called Nobsque Light, also known as Nobska Point Light is a lighthouse located near the division between Buzzards Bay, Nantucket Sound, and Vineyard Sound in the settlement of Woods Hole, Massachusetts on the southwestern tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. [2] [3] [4] It overlooks Martha's Vineyard and Nonamesset Island ...

  8. List of lighthouses in New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    Tinicum Island Rear Range Light: Paulsboro: 1880 1933 Active DCB-24: 112 ft (34 m) 85 ft (26 m) Tucker's Beach Light Tuckerton: N/A 1848 (Original) 1980s (Replica) Never 1927 (Destroyed) LED (Non-navigational replica) Unknown Unknown Waackaack Rear Range Light: Keansburg

  9. Orient Point Light - Wikipedia

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    Although the current headed the ship directly at the light, the captain put the engines into full reverse, and the ship ran up on the rock but then backed up. No damage was done to the ship or the lighthouse. [7] On April 5, 1958, the lighthouse was automated, and in 1970 the Coast Guard announced its plans to tear it down. Popular sentiment ...