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towers that have only an open frame. They are commonly built as aids to navigation; most of them are not considered to be lighthouses. However, during the late nineteenth century and the first years of the twentieth, larger skeletal towers were installed at various light stations throughout the
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List of Beacons, Buoys, Towers, and Other Day-marks in the Sixth Light-House District Embracing the Sea-coasts, Harbors, Sounds, and Rivers from New River Inlet, North Carolina, Southward Along the Coast to Just North of Jupiter Inlet, Florida, and Including the Indian River: 1888
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United States. These lights were originally tended by
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Alligator Reef Light
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lighthouse keepers
United States Congress
"Onshore Skeletal Lighthouses"
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, General Management Plan, Wilderness Management Plan: Environmental Impact Statement
The Northern Lights: Lighthouses of the Upper Great Lakes
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978-0-8143-2554-4
Lake Supplement: H.O. Nos. 108A, 108B, 108C, 108D. 1908
List of Beacons, Buoys, Towers, and Other Day-marks in the Sixth Light-House District Embracing the Sea-coasts, Harbors, Sounds, and Rivers from New River Inlet, North Carolina, Southward Along the Coast to Just North of Jupiter Inlet, Florida, and Including the Indian River: 1888 (1889)
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