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Notes:
This lighthouse collapsed due to erosion in 1926.
Tower Height: 93
Height of Focal Plane: 126
Description of Tower: Octagonal stone tower.
This light is not operational
Date Established: 1767
Date Deactivated: 1924
Optics: 1855: First order Fresnel lens.
Current Use: Destroyed.
Keepers: Abraham Hargis (1797-1813); John Ware (1813-1827); Kendall Baston (Bates?) (1827-1838); ? McCracken (1838-1839); Asa Clifton (1839-1848); William Elligood (1849-?); Dagworthy Derrickson Joseph (1867-? at least 1910); Henry D. Joseph (assistant, c. 1870s-1880s)
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