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Some lighthouses have a history dating back quite far. The lighthouse that is standing on the Florida coast at Cape Canaveral is no exception, as it dates back to the 1800’s. However, the lighthouse that is still standing today is not the original lighthouse. The first brick lighthouse was only 65 feet tall, which made it too small to be as effective as the sailors wanted it to be. So, it was decided to build a new tower, about 80-90 feet from where the first one stood.In the late 180

Massachusetts has 192 miles of coastline, and has dozens of lighthouses. There are 14 historical lighthouses on Cape Cod alone!The oldest and tallest lighthouse on Cape Cod is the Highland Light (previously known as Cape Cod Light). It is an active lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore in North Truro, Massachusetts. The current tower was erected in 1857, replacing two earlier towers that had been built in 1797 and 1831.In 1797, the structure started out as a wood lighthouse to warn s

The St. Augustine lighthouse stands at the north end of Anastasia Island in St. Augustine, Florida and was built between 1871 and 1874. According to some archived records and maps, this "official" American lighthouse was placed on the site of a watchtower built earlier by the Spanish as early as in the late 16th century.The tower is still a functioning lighthouse to this day and ships located offshore use the lighthouse for navigation purposes. In the daytime, ships can see the unique

In Vermilion, Ohio stands the Vermilion Lighthouse The lighthouse stands between the Vermilion River and Lake Erie. The majority of the lighthouse is white in color, but it has a black top and a reddish stripe on the bottom of the tower. . In 1847 the United States Congress set a sum of three thousand dollars aside for the building of a lighthouse and for constructing a place at the edge of a pier for the light. In only a few years the pier was in bad shape, and the lighthouse was

One of the most well-known lighthouses on the Great Lakes is the Marblehead Light. This lighthouse is the oldest lighthouse in continuous operation on the Great Lakes. It dates all the way back to 1822. The Marblehead lighthouse sits on the Marblehead Peninsula, which is located in Ohio, beside Lake Erie. The coast of the peninsula is made up of limestone rocks, which have helped this lighthouse survive through history. Marblehead means “marble headland”. Limestone is sometimes incorrectly