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Long Tail Point Lighthouse

Date: 1890
Description: Second Long Tail Point lighthouse, built in 1859.
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Long Tail Point Lighthouse

Date: 1890
Description: Long Tail lighthouse, built in 1859.
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View of Sturgeon Bay

Date: 07 07 1898
Description: View across water of Sturgeon Bay. In the far distance are lighthouses, buildings, and barges along the shoreline.
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Stone Lighthouse

Date: 1920
Description: A view of the Monhegan Island granite lighthouse, built in 1850 and automated in 1959, with the keeper's house close by, which was originally erected in 18...
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Peck's Ledge Lighthouse

Date: 1906
Description: View across water toward six men standing on a deck with railings on Peck Ledge Lighthouse in Norwalk Harbor, put into operation in 1906. Caption reads: "P...
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An Old Lighthouse

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Description: A view of the Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse, constructed in 1822 on a hill just west of the Genesee River, covered in vines. This light was built in 1822 (n...
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Lighthouse

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Description: View toward the Cape May lighthouse and a few nearby buildings. Several people are standing on a platform near the top of the lighthouse. At the base of th...
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North Head Lighthouse

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Description: Elevated view of the century-old North Head Lighthouse, completed in 1898, built in response to a marked increase in the number of shipwrecks along the Pen...

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