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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 California
California Historic Lighthouse Information & Lighthouse Pictures
California USCG
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
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