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2. Yaquina Head Light - Wikipedia

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   The Yaquina Head Light, also known early in its existence as the Cape Foulweather Lighthouse (though Cape Foul Weather is 4 miles to the north) is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast of the United States, established in 1873. It is located in Lincoln County, near Newport at Yaquina Head. The tower stands 93 feet (28 m) tall, and is the tallest ...

3. Screw-pile lighthouse - Wikipedia

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   Screw-pile lighthouse. A screw-pile lighthouse is a lighthouse which stands on piles that are screwed into sandy or muddy sea or river bottoms. The first screw-pile lighthouse to begin construction was built by the blind Irish engineer Alexander Mitchell. Construction began in 1838 at the mouth of the Thames and was known as the Maplin Sands ...

4. Wolf Trap Light - Wikipedia

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   057-0065. Significant dates. Added to NRHP. December 02, 2002. Designated VLR. September 10, 2003 [3] Wolf Trap Light is a caisson lighthouse in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay, about seven and a half miles northeast of New Point Comfort Light. [4][5][6] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

5. Heceta Head Light - Wikipedia

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   November 28, 1978. Heceta Head Light is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast 13 miles (21 km) north of Florence, and 13 miles (21 km) south of Yachats in the United States. It is located at Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint, a state park, midway up a 205-foot-tall (62 m) headland. Built in 1894, the 56-foot (17 m)-tall lighthouse shines ...

6. Lighthouse of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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   Pharos was a small island located on the western edge of the Nile Delta.In 332 BC, Alexander the Great founded the city of Alexandria on an isthmus opposite Pharos. . Alexandria and Pharos were later connected by a mole [6] spanning more than 1,200 metres (0.75 miles), which was called the Heptastadion ("seven stadia"—a stadion was a Greek unit of length measuring approximate

7. Gap CEO on why he just made this big symbolic change after 55 ...

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   Shares of the 55-year-old apparel retailer are up more than 135% since Dickson took over. After a lengthy search, Gap named the former Mattel COO as its CEO, effective August 2023. Dickson, who ...