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2. List of lighthouses in Texas - Wikipedia

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   There are several lighthouses in the U.S. state of Texas, including several listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] Not every lighthouse in Texas is listed here as some have very little information known about them. Saluria, and Swash lights for example were built right before the civil war and were both destroyed by confederate ...

3. List of tallest lighthouses - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of the tallest lighthouses, by tower height (as opposed to focal height, i.e. height of the lamp of a lighthouse from water level).The list includes only "traditional lighthouses", as defined by The Lighthouse Directory, i.e. buildings built by navigation safety authorities primarily as an aid to navigation. [1]

4. Fort Point Light (Texas) - Wikipedia

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   Fort Point Light ; Location: Entrance to Galveston Bay, Texas: Coordinates (approx.): Tower; Constructed: 1881: Foundation: screw-pile: Construction: cast-iron/wood: Height: 47 feet (14 m): Shape: hexagonal house: Light; First lit: 1882: Deactivated: 1909: Lens: Fourth order Fresnel lens: Characteristic: Fixed white with several red and dark sectors: Fort Point Light was a lighthouse located ...

5. List of tallest lighthouses in the United States - Wikipedia

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   158 feet (48 m) Currituck Beach Light: North Carolina 158 feet (48 m) Bodie Island Light: North Carolina 157 feet (48 m) Cape May Light: New Jersey 157 feet (48 m) Dry Tortugas Light: Florida 151 feet (46 m) Cape Canaveral Light: Florida [6] 150 feet (46 m) Pensacola Light: Florida [7] 150 feet (46 m) Cape Romain Lighthouses: South Carolina 148 ...

6. Point Bolivar Light - Wikipedia

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   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. Port Bolivar Lighthouse

7. Matagorda Island Light - Wikipedia

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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 ...