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  2. Thomas Point Shoal Light - Wikipedia

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    A stone lighthouse was constructed in 1825 on shore at Thomas Point [3] by John Donahoo, Thomas Point Light.It was replaced in 1838 by another stone tower. The point was subject to continuing erosion (which would eventually bring down the lighthouse on the point in 1894), [6] and in 1873 Congress appropriated $20,000 for the construction of a screw-pile structure out in the bay, Thomas Point ...

  3. Musselbed Shoals Light - Wikipedia

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    The shoals in this area were already marked by a stone daybeacon when the lighthouse board recommended construction of a light in 1871. [2] This followed some years of unsuccessful attempts to replace the lightship at Hog Island Shoal with a fixed light (the two shoals forming the edges of the channel leading into Mount Hope Bay). [3]

  4. Bullock's Point Light - Wikipedia

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    A large shoal extends out into the Providence River from Bullock's Point, and in 1860 the Lighthouse Board set a daymark at the southwest tip of the shoal. Complaints about the adequacy of this grew as shipping increased, and in 1872 built a small pier at the site and set a portable beacon on it, maintained by the keepers of the Sabin Point Light.

  5. St. George Reef Light - Wikipedia

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    Architect's plans for St. George Reef Lighthouse. The light was first illuminated on October 20, 1892. It stands 144 feet (44 m) above the waterline. [5] The first complete survey of the rock was done in 1882, and construction began in 1883, with the blasting of the reef rock into a stepped pyramid to form the core that anchored the caisson to the rock.

  6. USLHT Jessamine - Wikipedia

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    USLHT Jessamine was a steam-powered sidewheel lighthouse tender built in 1881 for the United States Lighthouse Board.She spent forty years in government service, homeported in Baltimore, Maryland as part of the 5th Lighthouse District.

  7. White Shoal Light, Michigan - Wikipedia

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    Its "westbound Lighthouse Tour" – three hours more or less – includes passes by various lights, including White Shoal Light, Waugoshance Light (which it replaced), Wilderness State Park, Gray's Reef Light (originally built in 1891), and St. Helena Island Light. A so-called grand lighthouse excursion is a yearly event sponsored through the ...

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