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2. Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light - Wikipedia

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   In 1902 a wooden frame tower erected at the end of the pier to house a light. This proved inadequate, and it was replaced with an iron tower in 1911. In 1913, work began on a new harbor inside the waterway, and in 1917 Congress appropriated $100,000 for a suite of new navigational aids, including this lighthouse to mark the outer end of the ...

3. Port Washington Breakwater Light - Wikipedia

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   Location: End of north breakwater at entrance to Port Washington, Wisconsin harbor: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Constructed: 1889: Foundation: Concrete: Construction: Wood (first) steel (second): Automated: 1975 [2]: Height: 18 m (59 ft) : Shape: square pyramidal tower (first) Art Deco tower on square base (second): Light; First lit: 1889 (first tower) 1935 (second tower) [2]: Focal height: 78 ...

4. Mayo Beach Light - Wikipedia

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   The house can still be seen on Kendrick Avenue in Wellfeet, or on Google Street View. Just to the left and behind the house, the picturesque original oil storage shed for the lighthouse can still be seen [4] and is often the subject of photographs and paintings itself. For many years it was believed that the tower was demolished around 1939. [3]

5. Conservation and restoration of lighthouses - Wikipedia

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   Wood was either used for construction on the exterior or in combination with masonry and/or iron to build components of the lighthouse (ex. stairs). The largest cause for deterioration of wood in lighthouses is from exposure to moisture. This exposure is normally the result of direct and prolonged exposure to damp conditions.

6. West Dennis Light - Wikipedia

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   [1] [5] Because most of these structures leaked significantly, they were replaced with self-standing towers; the West Dennis Light is the only remaining lighthouse on Cape Cod built with this design. The light was lit in 1855, and continued in service until 1880, when the Lighthouse Service decided the Bass River Light was no longer necessary ...

7. Gay Head Light - Wikipedia

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   At the same time, the wooden lighthouse tower was judged to be in questionable condition, and the light's position was considered threatened by the eroding clay cliffs. In 1852, the Federal Lighthouse Board issued a 760-page report stating that Gay Head Lighthouse was “not second to any on the eastern coast, and should be fitted, without ...