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Source: Webster's dictionaryLighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining. Anne Lamott
Lighthouses are more useful than churches. Benjamin Franklin
We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining- they just shine. Dwight L. Moody
As screw piles can be disrupted by ice, steel caisson lighthouses such as Orient Point Light are used in cold climates. Source: Internet
Both lighthouses are painted white and are run and maintained by Trinity House. citation The North lighthouse is convert tall, slightly taller than the south one, and has a focal plane of convert. Source: Internet
Beginning in 1852 lighthouses were built directly on the Florida Reef, but it was 1880 before mariners could rely on having a lighthouse in sight at all times while sailing along the Florida Reef. Source: Internet