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2. Diamond Shoal Light - Wikipedia

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   Amberjack and barracuda are some of the larger fish that call Diamond Shoals light tower their home. In 2012 the tower, described as needing $2.3 million of repairs, was listed for auction by the General Services Administration. [2] It sold in October of that year for $20,000, to Dave Schneider who plans to restore it.

3. Frying Pan Shoals Light - Wikipedia

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   High-speed Internet communications were established by installing a Cambium Networks radio 5.8 gHz microwave connection between two 4' (1.2 m) dishes, one at 1340' (408 m) on a land based TV station tower and the other located on the tower's helipad. The light tower is modeled after a steel oil drilling platform, known as a "Texas Tower", on ...

4. Light tower (equipment) - Wikipedia

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   A light tower is a piece of mobile equipment which has one or more high-intensity electric lamps and a mast. Almost always, the lights are attached to the mast, which ...

5. Grand Marais Harbor of Refuge Inner and Outer Lights

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   In 1905, the west pier was extended 612 feet (187 m), and the following year the front range light was moved to the new pierhead. [6] In 1908, a keeper's quarters was finally constructed. As larger vessels began traveling in the Great Lakes, the Grand Marais harbor decreased in importance, and in the 1940s the Corps of Engineers stopped ...

6. Navesink Twin Lights - Wikipedia

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   The north tower light was discontinued in 1898; at the same time the south tower was electrified, one of the first lighthouses in the United States to do so. It was automated in 1949, but was discontinued in 1952 as the importance of the light diminished. In 1962, the site was turned over to the state of New Jersey, by the Borough of Highlands. [8]

7. Gould Island Light - Wikipedia

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   The original light was extinguished in 1947, replaced by a skeleton tower nearby. [2] This tower collapsed in 1988, and the site was abandoned, though the light on the south of the island remains in service. [2] The tower and keeper's house were torn down in 1960. [2]