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2. Ceiling fan - Wikipedia

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   It is considered the most energy-efficient motor ever manufactured for ceiling fans (apart from the DC motor) since it consumes less energy than a household incandescent light bulb. The Emerson "Heat Fan", the first ceiling fan to use a stack motor A close-up of the dropped flywheel on a FASCO "Charleston" ceiling fan. Stack-motor ceiling fans.

3. Newburyport Harbor Front Range Light - Wikipedia

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   The original range lights at Newburyport Harbor were maintained by private subscriptions. By 1872 Congress had appropriated funds to establish publicly maintained range lights after one of the previous pair was destroyed in a storm. [3] Newburyport's front range light is a circular structure, with a steel plate exterior, that is 35 feet (11 m ...

4. Southwest Ledge Light - Wikipedia

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   Southwest Ledge Light is an active lighthouse marking the main entrance channel to the harbor of New Haven, Connecticut.Completed in 1877, it was one of the first to be built on a cylindrical iron foundation, an innovation by Maj. George H. Elliot to address shifting ice that is regarded to be very important in lighthouse design.

5. Baltimore Harbor Light - Wikipedia

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   The Baltimore Harbor Light, officially Baltimore Light and historically Baltimore Harbor Lighthouse is a privately owned caisson lighthouse in the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] First lit in 1908, it sits at the mouth of the Magothy River , marking the channel which leads northwest to the opening of the Patapsco River , which ...

6. Harbor of Refuge Light - Wikipedia

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   On November 15, 1926, the new Harbor of Refuge light was established. This new cast-iron structure was designed to endure the most intense of Atlantic storms. The current structure of 76 feet (23 m) is a white, conical tower with a black lantern. The house itself lies on a cast-iron caisson which is built into the breakwater. The pier of the ...

7. Old Harbor Light (Savannah, Georgia) - Wikipedia

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   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. [2] [6] The light was moved a few feet south in 1869.