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(New page: ''Cape Ann Twin Lights'' in 1997 Thacher Island, Massachusetts Built: 1861 Automated: 1980 These twin light towers are 124 feet tall and m...)
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Decommissioned: 1932 (North Light)
These twin light towers are 124 feet tall and made of granite stones. They replaced the original 45-foot tall lights that had been built in 1771, the last of the colonial lighthouses. The current towers make up the last twin light station built. In 1932 the Bureau of Lighthouses deactivated the light on the north tower. In 1980 the Coast Guard automated the remaining light in the south tower and the fog signal. <br clear=all>
These twin light towers are 124 feet tall and made of granite stones. They replaced the original 45-foot tall lights that had been built in 1771, the last of the colonial lighthouses. The current towers make up the last twin light station built. In 1932 the Bureau of Lighthouses deactivated the light on the north tower. In 1980 the Coast Guard automated the remaining light in the south tower and the fog signal. <br clear=all>

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Cape Ann Twin Lights in 1997
Cape Ann Twin Lights in 1997

Thacher Island, Massachusetts

Built: 1861

Automated: 1980

Decommissioned: 1932 (North Light)

These twin light towers are 124 feet tall and made of granite stones. They replaced the original 45-foot tall lights that had been built in 1771, the last of the colonial lighthouses. The current towers make up the last twin light station built. In 1932 the Bureau of Lighthouses deactivated the light on the north tower. In 1980 the Coast Guard automated the remaining light in the south tower and the fog signal.


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