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 HISTORY
OF LIGHTHOUSES
The
first lighthouse in America was Boston Light on Little
Brewster Island (1716). The original tower was destroyed
by the British during the evacuation of Boston and eventually
reconstructed in 1784. The oldest existing lighthouse
in America is Sandy Hook Lighthouse, NJ (1764), which
is still in operation. By the end of the 19th century,
the United States with its long coastlines had the most
lighthouses of any nation. Lighthouse keepers were needed
to trim the wicks, replenish fuel, wind clockworks and
perform maintenance tasks such as cleaning lenses and
windows. The last manned lighthouse built in the U.S.
was the Charleston Light constructed in 1962.
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Lighthouses
in Alabama
Mobile
Point Range Lighthouse, Mobile
Middle Bay Lighthouse, Mobile Bay
Sand Island Lighthouse at the mouth of Mobile Bay
Alabama
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Alabama Historic Lighthouse Information & Lightouse Pictures
Lighthouses
in Alaska
Cape
Decision Lighthouse, Kuiu Island
Cape Hinchinbrook Lighthouse, Prince William Sound
Cape St. Elias Lighthouse, Kayak Island
Cape Sarichef Lighthouse, Unimak pass, Aleutian islands
Cape Spencer Lighthouse, Cross Sound
Eldred Rock Lighthouse, Lynn Canal
Fairway Island Lighthouse, Peril Strait
Five Finger Islands Lighthouse, Frederick Sound
Guard Island Lighthouse, Clarence Strait
Lincoln Rocks Lighthouse, Clarence Strait
Mary Island Lighthouse, Mary Island
Point Retreat Lighthouse, Admiralty Island
Point Sherman Lighthouse, Lynn Canal
Scotch Cap Lighthouse, Unimak Island
Sentinel Island Lighthouse, Lynn Canal
Tree Point Lighthouse, Revillagigedo Channel
Alaska
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Alaska Historic Lighthouse Information & Lighthouse Pictures
Lighthouses
in California
Alcatraz
Island Lighthouse, San Francisco
Anacapa Island Lighthouse, entrance to Santa Barbara Channel
Angel Island Lighthouse,
Ano Nuevo Lighthouse
Ballast Point Lighthouse, Point Loma, San Diego Harbor entrance
Battery Point Lighthouse, Crescent City
Cape Mendocino Lighthouse
Carquinez Strait Lighthouse, near Vallejo
East Brother Island Lighthouse, off Point San Pablo
Farallon Island Lighthouse, Southeast Farallon Island
Fort Point Lighthouse, entrance to San Francisco Harbor
Humboldt Harbor Lighthouse
Lime Point Lighthouse, north end of the Golden Gate Bridge, Sausalito
Long Beach Lighthouse
Los Angeles Harbor Lighthouse, San Pedro Breakwater
Mare Island Lighthouse, at the entrance to Carquinez Strait
Mark Abbott Memorial Lighthouse, Santa Cruz
Mile Rocks Lighthouse, southwest of the Golden Gate Bridge
Oakland Harbor Lighthouse, Embarcadero Cove, Oakland
Piedras Blancas Lighthouse, south entrance to Big Sur
Pigeon Point Lighthouse, Pescadero, southern approach to San Francisco
Bay
Point Arena Lighthouse, two miles north of Point Arena
Point Arguello Lighthouse, Santa Barbara Channel
Point Blunt Lighthouse, Angel Island, San Francisco
Point Bonita Lighthouse,San Francisco Bay entrance near Sausalito
Point Cabrillo Lighthouse, between Point Arena and Cape Mendocino
Point Conception Lighhouset, Point Conception
Point Diablo Lighhtouse, west of the Golden Gate Bridge
Point Fermin Lighthouse, San Pedro
Point Hueneme Lighthouse, Santa Barbara Channel
Point Knox Lighthouse
Point Loma Lighhouset, San Diego
Point Montara Lighthouse
Point Pinos Lighthouse, Pacific Grove
Point Reyes Lighthouse, Point Reyes
Point San Luis Lighthouse, near Avila Beach
Point Stuart Lighthouse San Francisco
Point Sur Lighthouse, Big Sur
Point Vicente Lighthouse, Palos Verdes
Punta Gorda Lighthouse, south of Cape Mendocino
Roe Island Lighthouse, Suisun Bay
Rubicon Point Lighthouse, Lake Tahoe; highest elevation American
lighthouse
Santa Barbara Lighthouse, Santa Barbara
Santa Cruz Breakwater Lighthouse, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Harbor Lighthouse
Southampton Shoal Lighthouse, in San Francisco Bay
St. George Reef Lighthouse, near Crescent City
Sugar Pine Point Lighthouse, Lake Tahoe
Table Bluff Lighthouse, Humboldt Bay
Trinidad Head Lighthouse
Yerba Buena Lighthouse, in San Francisco Bay
California
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Historic Lighthouse Information & Lighthouse Pictures
Lighthouses
in Connecticut
Avery
Point Lighthouse, Groton
Black Rock Harbor Lighthouse, Black Rock Harbor
Falkner Island Lighthouse, Guilford
Five Mile Point Lighthouse, Long Island Sound
Great Captain Island Lighthouse, Greenwich
Greens Ledge Lighthouse, Norwalk
Lynde Point Lighthouse, Long Island Sound
Morgan Point Lighthouse, Noank
Mystic Seaport Lighthouse, Mystic Connecticut
New London Harbor Lighthouse, New London
New London Ledge Lighthouse, New London
Pecks Ledge Lighthouse, Norwalk
Penfield Reef Lighthouse, Fairfield
Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse, Old Saybrook
Sheffield Island Lighthouse, Norwalk
Southwest Ledge Lighthouse, New Haven
Stamford Harbor Ledge Lighthouse, Stamford
Stonington Harbor Lighthouse, Stonington
Stratford Point Lighthouse, Stratford
Stratford Shoal Lighthouse, Bridgeport
Tongue Point Lighthouse, Bridgeport
Connecticut
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Connecticut Historic Lighthouse Information & Lighthouse
Pictures
Lighthouses
in Delaware
Baker
Shoal Range Rear Lighthouse, Port Penn
Baker Shoal Range Front Lighthouse, Port Penn
Bellevue Range Rear Lighthouse, Wilmington
Cape Henlopen Lighthouse, Lewes
Cherry Island Range Rear Lighthouse, near Edgemoor
Christiana North Jetty Lighthouse, near Wilmington
Delaware Breakwater West End Lighhouse, Lewes
Delaware Breakwater East End Lighthouse, Lewes
Delaware Breakwater Range Front Lighthouse, Lewes
Fenwick Island Lighthouse, Fenwick Island
Fourteen Foot Bank Lighthouse, in the Delaware Bay
Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse, Lewes
Liston Range Rear Lighthouse, Delaware River
Liston Range Front Lighthouse, Delaware River
Mahon River Lighthouse, Port Mahon
Marcus Hook Range Rear Lighthouse, near Bellefonte
Mispillion Lighthouse, on the Mispillion River
New Castle Range Rear Lighthouse, near New Castle
New Castle Range Front Lighthouse, near New Castle
Reedy Island Range Rear Lighthouse, near Port Penn
Delaware
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Lighthouses
in Florida
Lighthouses
in Georgia
Cockspur
Island Lighthouse, near Savannah
Little Cumberland Island Lighthouse, Cumberland Island
Sapelo Island Lighthouse, Darien
Sapelo Island Range Front Lighthouse, Darien
St. Simons Island Lighhtouse, St. Simons Island
Tybee Island Lighthouse, Tybee Island
Georgia
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Lighthouses
in Hawaii
Aloha Tower Lighthouse, Honolulu Harbor, Oahu
(was the Honolulu Harbor Light)
Barbers Point Lighthouse, Oahu
Cape Kumukahi Lighthouse
Coconut Point Lighthouse
Diamond Head Lighthouse
Honolulu Range Lighthouse
Kailua Lighthouse
Kauiki Head Lighthouse, Maui
Kauhola Point Lighthouse, Big Island Hawaii
Keahole Point Lighthouse, Big Island Hawaii
Kilauea Lighthouse, Kilauea, Hawaii
Kukii Point Lighthouse
Kukuihaele Lighthouse
Lae O Ha Laau Point Lighthouse
Lahaina Lighthouse
Mahukona Lighthouse, Big Island Hawaii
Makapuu Point Lighthouse, Makapuu Point, Oahu
McGregor Point Lighthouse, Maui
Molokai Lighthouse, Molokai, HI
Nawiliwili Harbor Lighthouse (Ninini Point)
Napoopoo Lighthouse, Big Island Hawaii
Pauwela Point Lighthouse
Paukaa Point Lighthouse, Big Island, HI
Pepeekeo Point Lighthouse, Hilo HI
Pohakuloa Lighthouse (Shipwreck Beach)
Pyramid Rock Lighthouse
Hawaii
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Lighthouses
in Illinois
Chicago
Harbor Lighthouse, Chicago
Waukegan Harbor Lighthouse, Waukegan
Grosse Point Lighthouse, Evanston
Illinois
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Illinois Historic Lighthouse Information & Lighthouse Pictures
Lighthouses
in Indiana
Michigan
City East Lighthouse. Michigan City
Indiana Harbor East Breakwater Lighthouse
Calumet Harbor Lighthouse
Gary Harbor Breakwater Lighthouse, Gary
Old Michigan City Lighthouse, Michigan City
Indiana
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Indiana Historic Lighthouse Information & Lighthouse Pictures
Lighthouses
in Louisiana
Barataria
Bay Light
Bayou St. John Lighthouse, Canal de Carondolet
Bonfouca (Bayou Bonfouca) Lighthouse, northern Lake Pontchartrain
Calcasieu River Range Lighthouse, Calcasieu River
Chandeleur Island Lighthouse, outer rim of Chandeleur Sound
Cubits Gap Lighthouse, Cubits Gap
East Rigolets Lighthouse, Rigolets Waterway
Franks Island Lighthouse, Franks Island
Head of the Passes Lighthouse, Deer Island
Madisonville Lighthouse, Madisonville New Canal Lighthouse, Lake
Pontchartrain
Oyster Bay (Bayou) Lighthouse, Atchafalaya Bay
Pass A L'Outre Lighthouse, Head of Passes, Mississippi River delta
Pass Manchac Lighthouse, west shore of Lake Pontchartrain
Point Au Fer Reef Lighthouse, Eugene Island
Pointe Aux Herbes Lighthouse, south side of east end of Lake Pontchartrain
Port Pontchartrain Lighthouse, Lake Pontchartrain
Pontchartrain Beach Lighthouse, New Orleans
Sabine Pass East Jetty Lighthouse
Ship Shoal Lighthouse, 10 miles south of Grand Isle
South Pass Range Front Lighhouset, Mississippi River
Tchefuncte River Range Lighthouse, north side of Lake Pontchartrain
Timbalier Bay (Little Pass) Lighthouse, Timbalier Bay
West Rigolets Lighthouse, Rigolets Channel, Lake Pontchartrain
Lighthouses
in Maine
Lighthouses
in Maryland
Lighthouses
in Massachusetts
Lighthouses in Michigan
Lighthouses
in Minnesota
Duluth
North Pier Lighthouse, Duluth
Duluth South Breakwater Lighthouse, Duluth
Duluth South Breakwater Inner Range Lighthouse, Duluth
Grand Marais Lighthouse, Grand Marais
Minnesota Point Lighthouse, Duluth
Split Rock Lighthouse, Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Lighthouse, Two Harbors
Two Harbors Breakwater Lighthouse, Two Harbors
Minnesota
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Lighthouses
in Mississippi
Biloxi
Lighthouse, Biloxi
Cat Island Lighthouse, Cat Island
Pass Christian Lighthouse
Round Island Lighthouse (Mississippi), Pascagoula
Ship Island Lighthouse, Ship Island
Mississippi
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Lighthouses
in New Hampshire
Portsmouth
Harbor Lighthouse, New Castle
White Island Lighthouse, Isles of Shoals
New
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Hampshire Historic Lighthouse Information & Lighthouse Pictures
Lighthouses
in New Jersey
Lighthouses in New York
Lighthouses in North Carolina
Lighthouses in Ohio
Ashtabula
Harbor Light, Ashtabula
Cleveland west breakwater/East pierhead Lights,Cleveland
Cleveland east entrance Light, Cleveland
Conneaut west Light, Conneaut
Grand River (Fairport Harbor) Light, Fairport Harbor
Fairport Harbor West Breakwater Light, Fairport Harbor
Green Island Light, Green Island
lHuron Harbor Light, Huron
Lorain West Breakwater Light, Lorain
Marblehead Light, Marblehead
Port Clinton Light, Port Clinton
South Bass Island Light, South Bass Island
Toledo Harbor Light, Toledo Harbor
Vermilion Light, Vermilion
West Sister Island Lighthouse
Ohio
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Lighthouses
in Oregon
Cape
Arago Lighthouse, Coos County
Cape Blanco Lighthouse, Curry County
Cape Meares Lighthouse, Tillamook County
Coquille River Lighthouse, Coos County
Desdemona Sands Lighthouse, Clatsop County
Heceta Head Lighthouse, Lane County
Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, Clatsop County
Umpqua River Lighthouse, Douglas County
Warrior Rock Lighthouse, on Sauvie Island in the Columbia River
Willamette River Lighthouse, mouth of the Willamette Rive
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, Newport
Yaquina Head Lighhouset, Lincoln County
Oregon
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Lighthouses
in Pennsylvania
Erie
Harbor North Pier Lighthouse, Presque Isle
Erie Land Light, Erie
Presque Isle Lighthouse, Presque Isle
Turtle Rock Lighthouse, Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania
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Lighthouses
in Rhode Island
Lighthouses
in South Carolina
Bloody
Point Lighthouse on Daufuskie Island
Bulls Bay Lighthouse, Charleston County
Combahee Bank Lighthouse formerly in St. Helena Sound
Cape Romain Lighthouse near McClellanville
Castle Pinckney Lighthouse in Charleston Harbor
Charleston Lighthouse in Sullivan's Island
Fort Ripley Shoal Lighthouse in Charleston Harbor
Fort Sumter Range Lights
Georgetown Lighthouse
Governor's Lighthouse in Little River
Haig Point Range Lighthouse on Daufuskie Island
Harbour Town Lighthouse on Hilton Head Island
Hunting Island Lighthouse on Hunting Island
Morris Island Lighthouse on Morris Island
Parris Island Range Lights on Parris Island,
Sullivan's Island Range Lights
South
Carolina USCG
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Pictures
Lighthouses
in Texas
Aransas
Pass Lighthouse
Brazos River Lighthouse
Brazos Santiago Lighthouse
Clopper's Bar Lighthouse
Fort Point Lighthouse, Galveston Bay
Galveston Jetty Lighthouse
Half Moon Reef Lighthouse
Matagorda Island Lighthouse, entrance to Matagorda Bay
Point Bolivar Lighthouse, located at entrance to Galveston Bay
Port Isabel Lighthouse, in Port Isabel
Redfish Bar Lighthouse
Redfish Bar Cut Lighthouse
Sabine Bank Lighthouse
Texas
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Lighthouses
in Vermont
On
Lake Champlain:
Colchester Reef Lighthouse (relocated Shelburne Museum)
Isle La Motte Lighthouse
Juniper Island Lighthouse
Windmill Point Lighthouse
On Lake Memphremagog:
Maxfield Point Lighhouse
Newport Wharf Lighthouse
Whipple Point Lighthouse
Vermont
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Lighthouses
in Virginia
Lighthouses
in Washington
Admiralty
Head Lighthouse, Whidbey Island
Alki Point Lighthouse, West Seattle
Browns Point Lighthouse, Browns Point
Burrows Island Lighthouse, Anacortes
Cape Disappointment Lighthouse
Cape Flattery Lighthouse, Neah Bay
Cattle Point Lighthouse, San Juan Island
Destruction Island Lighthouse
Dofflemyer Point Lighthouse
Ediz Hook Lighthouse
Grays Harbor Lighthouse, Westport
Lime Kiln Lighthouse, San Juan Island
Marrowstone Lighthouse, Fort Flagler
Mukilteo Lighthouse, Mukilteo
New Dungeness Lighthouse, Sequim
North Head Lighthouse, Ilwaco
Patos Island Lighthouse, San Juan Islands
Point No Point Lighthouse, Hansville
Point Roberts Lighthouse, Point Roberts
Point Robinson Lighthouse, Vashon Island
Point Wilson Lighthouse, Port Townsend
Semiahmoo Point Lighthouse, Port Blaine
Slip Point Lighthouse, Clallam Bay
Turn Point Lighthouse,
West
Point Lighthouse, Seattle
Washington
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Lighthouses
in Wisconsin
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