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Legislative red tape caused a series of delays, and the contract to build the lighthouse was finally awarded to Murray and Hazlehurst of Baltimore in 1851. The new 55 feet (17 m) cast iron lighthouse became functional on December 21, 1852. Gulf storms and subsequent beach erosion caused the lighthouse to be rebuilt on higher ground. The light ...
Lighthouse Property Insurance Corporation was an American property and casualty insurance company. It was founded in 2008 by Patrick White and operated in Southeastern coastal states such as Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. The company merged with Prepared Insurance Company in 2017 to expand into Florida. [1]
The first lighthouse keeper, H. C. Claiborne, retired in 1918, after witnessing those two storms, and was replaced by a Captain J. Brooks. From the 1890s until the line's abandonment in 1942, the lighthouse looked down on the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway line that ran between it and Texas State Highway 87.
The lighthouse was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 30, 1976. On September 28, 1850, the United States Congress authorized an appropriation of $15,000 for "a lighthouse and beacon light" at Brazos Santiago Pass. Work began in February 1852. When complete, the lighthouse was an 82-foot-high brick tower and had four lights.
Travis Association for the Blind, also known as the Austin Lighthouse, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization employing over 400 Texans of which approximately 200 are legally blind in four facilities in southeast Austin, Texas, as well as a facility in Taylor, Texas.
Lighthouse Investment Partners (Lighthouse) is an American alternative investment management firm based in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The firm mainly takes a fund of funds approach that invests indirectly through other specialized investment managers. Outside the U.S., Lighthouse has offices in London, Hong Kong and Dubai.
The original St. Simons Island lighthouse, which was built in 1810, was a 75-foot-tall (23 m) early federal octagonal lighthouse topped by a 10-foot (3.0 m) oil-burning lamp. During the American Civil War , U.S. military forces employed a naval blockade of the coast.
Construction workers were hired in March 2022, [6] before work finally began at Lighthouse Point the following month. [7] Lighthouse Point opened exclusively to Disney Cruise Line guests on June 6, 2024. [8] [9] In September 2023, Disney officially named the location "Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point" during Destination D23. [10]