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  2. Burry Port Lighthouse - Wikipedia

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    Burry Port Lighthouse is a harbour light with a reflector, and is situated on the west breakwater of the outer harbour. [2] [3] It was built in 1842 and was erected with the permission of Trinity House and maintained at the joint expense of the proprietors of Burry Port Harbour and the Commissioners of the Burry Navigation. [3]

  3. List of lighthouses in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The state of Colorado has only one lighthouse, the Dillon Reservoir Lighthouse, also known as the Lake Dillon Lighthouse. It is located in the Dillon Reservoir (also referred to as Lake Dillon) in Summit County, Colorado. Although the exact completion date of the 26-foot tall tower is unknown, it was constructed along with the reservoir itself ...

  4. History of lighthouses - Wikipedia

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    Engraving of the Cordouan lighthouse, completed in 1611. During the European Middle Ages, many Roman lighthouses fell into disuse. Some did remain functional, such as the Farum Brigantium, now known as the Tower of Hercules, in A Coruña, Spain, and others in the Mediterranean Sea, such as the Lanterna at Genoa.

  5. List of lighthouses in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    B. ^ In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused significant damage to the lighthouse. New Canal Light eventually collapsed the following year and was rebuilt/relit by 2012. C. ^ The jetty that the front light was on has since disappeared. The front light was either removed by human or by nature.

  6. List of northernmost items - Wikipedia

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    Hugos Tivoli, [107] Levanger and Mo i Rana, Norway 66°18′46″N 14°8′34″E  /  66.31278°N 14.14278°E  / 66.31278; 14 Beach resort /spa hotel (opened 1886 or 1888; closed 1918)

  7. Lighthousekeeping - Wikipedia

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    The review concludes that "the power of Lighthousekeeping is in its stylistic dynamic between holding itself together with the pared-down precision of its language, each word smoothed into a finely polished pebble, and spilling out in the consciousnesses, narratives and disparate times that bleed seamlessly into each other."

  8. Duke, Missouri - Wikipedia

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    Duke is an unincorporated community in southwest Phelps County, Missouri, United States. [1] It is located approximately thirteen miles northwest of Licking and five miles east of Fort Leonard Wood.

  9. Picton Monument, Carmarthen - Wikipedia

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    Although removal was on the agenda at Cardiff, where a statue of Picton and his portrait were taken off display, [5] in the case of the Carmarthen obelisk the report did refer to an explicit attempt to remove it from the townscape, but instead gave details of an online petition which objected to the monument's commemoration of Picton. The ...