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Name:
Boston Lighthouse
Product:
BL1B
Size:
13.5" x 40"
Description: Framed
with clear glass. See frames
available
Boston Light, North
America’s first lighthouse, stands on Little Brewster Island in
Boston Harbor. The Boston skyline can be seen in the distance.
Originally a stone tower built in 1716 and maintained with a tax
on shipping, it was blown up by the retreating British during
the Revolutionary War. It was rebuilt at a height of
seventy-five feet in 1783 and later was raised to eighty-nine
feet in 1859. In 1989, Congress voted to keep this lighthouse
manned. It remains the only lighthouse in the United States with
a permanent keeper.
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