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Lighthouses have been the beacon of light for more than 100 years that symbolized safety and security for ships and boats at sea. On Aug. 9, 1789, Congress approved an Act for the establishment ...
Bartels, Joyse, Beaver Island Head Light history in the Beaver Beacon, June 2, 1904; Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, Bibliography for Charlevoix County; Detroit News, Interactive map on Michigan lighthouses
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The Conover Beacon is a lighthouse in Leonardo section of Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, that functioned as the front light of the now-discontinued Chapel Hill Range.
The tours of the softly lit, 156-year-old lighthouse on the shore of the bay of Green Bay, which first shone its beacon Oct. 15, 1868, and recently completed the first phase of a restoration ...
The first lighthouse in today´s United States was the Boston Light, built in 1716 at Boston Harbor. [26] Lighthouses were soon built along the marshy coast lines from Delaware to North Carolina, where navigation was difficult and treacherous. [27] These were generally made of wood, as it was readily available.
Old Harbor Beacon in 1934. The light was erected by the United States Lighthouse Board in 1858 as the rear range light with the front light on Fig Island to guide ships into the Savannah Harbor and avoid the six British ships, which were scuttled in 1779 to impede French and American ships during the Revolutionary War.
In 1956, the lighthouse was converted to electricity and automated. In 1968, the widening of the shipping channel led the harbor authority to order the removal of the light. It was burned down, and the foundation razed. An automated beacon was placed on a dolphin nearby; the lighthouse was discontinued in 1989 and replaced with a day beacon.