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Passage Island Light Station |
Isle Royale National Park |
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Latimer Reef Light Station |
Fishers Island |
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Orchard Shoal Light Station, Old |
New York City |
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Orient Point Light Station |
Orient |
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Stamford Harbor Lighthouse |
Stamford, CT |
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West Bank Light Station |
New York City |
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Great Captain Island Lighthouse |
Greenwich |
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Kilauea Point Light Station |
Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge |
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Aransas Pass Light Station |
Port Aransas |
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Kilauea Point Light Station |
Kilauea |
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Block Island South East Light |
New Shoreham, Block Island, RI |
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Romer Shoal Light Station |
Highlands Borough |
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Superior Entry South Breakwater Light |
Superior |
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US Agency |
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Manana Island Fog Signal Station |
Monhegan Island |
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Great Beds Light Station |
South Amboy |
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US Agency |
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Wolf Trap Light Station |
Poquoson East |
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US Agency |
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Kenosha North Pierhead Light |
Kenosha |
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US Agency |
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Thimble Shoal Light Station |
Hampton |
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US Agency |
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Smith Point Light Station |
Smith Point |
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US Agency |
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Newport News Middle Ground Light Station |
Newport News |
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US Agency |
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Cape Henry (Second Tower) Light Station |
Virginia Beach |
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Bodie Island Light Station |
Nags Head |
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Point Robinson Light Station |
Vashon Island |
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Five Finger Light Station |
Petersburg |
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US Agency |
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Spectacle Reef Light Station |
Benton Township |
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US Agency |
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Menominee Pierhead Light Station |
Menominee |
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Poverty Island Light Station |
Fairbanks Township |
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Stepping Stones Light Station |
Kings Point |
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US Agency |
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Tinicum Island Range Rear Light Station |
Billingsport |
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St Joseph North Pier Inner and Outer Lights |
St Joseph |
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Middle Island Light |
Alpena |
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Bellevue Range Rear Light Station |
Wilmington, DE |
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East Charity Shoal Light |
Cape Vincent, NY |
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Green Bay Harbor Entrance Light |
Green Bay (Lake Michigan) |
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Navesink Light Station |
Highlands |
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Ship John Shoal Light Station |
Sea Breeze |
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Robbins Reef Light Station |
Bayonne |
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1851/03/03 |
US Congress passes An Act Making Appropriations for Light House, Light Boats, Buoys, etc requiring the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a board of officers of the Navy, Army Engineers and of scientific to guide legislation on navigational aids. |
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1851/04/28 |
The United States Lighthouse Board members convene their first meeting: William B Shubrick, Samuel F Du Pont, James Kearney, Alexander D Bach and Joseph Henry. Lt Thornton Jenkins, US Navy, as secretary. |
Begun |
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1866/00/00 |
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Kenosha Light Station |
Kenosha |
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1868/10/20 |
Huron Island Lighthouse begins operation, producing a white light with a focal plane of 198 feet. |
US Agency |
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Huron Islands Lighthouse |
Huron Islands, MI |
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1873/00/00 |
Lighthouse repaired and moved to present location |
US Agency |
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Matagorda Island Lighthouse |
Matagorda Island National Wildlife Refuge and State Natural Area |
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1877/00/00 |
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Liston Ranger Rear Light Station |
Port Penn, DE |
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1878/00/00 |
A new 48-foot (15 m) cast-iron, brick-lined lighthouse tower is built inside the 1804 tower, which was eventually removed. |
US Agency |
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Portsmouth Harbor Light |
New Castle, NH |
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1878/00/00 |
After experimenting in the 1870's in finding a better fuel, the US Lighthouse Board introduces kerosene, or mineral oil. The adoption of using the new fuel is slowed since the lens lamp has to be converted to use it. |
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Rise of the Lighthouse |
1896/10/00 |
Big Bay Point Light Station is built by the 11th District Light-House Engineer, May to October 1896 |
US Agency |
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Big Bay Point Light Station |
Big Bay, MI |
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1903/00/00 |
Muskegon South Pierhead Light conical steel tower is built utilizing the original, historic lantern room from the previous 1870 lighthouse structure. |
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Muskegon South Pierhead Light |
Muskegon |
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1904/12/22 |
Lightship No 83 is delivered to the US Lighthouse Establishment. |
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RELIEF (lightship) |
Seattle |
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1906/06/30 |
Determined to be a major navigational aid in the Philadelphia Ship Channel, appropriations to build the Miah Maull Shoal Lighthouse are approved by Congressional acts on 30 June 1906, 4 March 1907 and 4 March 1911. |
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Miah Maull Shoal Lighthouse |
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1908/00/00 |
Lightship No 88 is delivered to the United States Lighthouse Establishment for service at the mouth of the Columbia River in Astoria, Oregon. |
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COLUMBIA (lightship 88) |
Astoria |
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1910/07/01 |
The United States Lighthouse Board is replaced by the Lighthouse Service, within the short lived Department of Commerce and Labor. |
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