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America's 'Guiding Lights' Face Uncertain Times
Also known as "guiding lights," some of America's lighthouses are beloved and preserved, while others are being lost to neglect and the ravages of the sea. (All photos by Carol M. Highsmith)
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Ocracoke Light, the oldest operating light station in North Carolina, was built in Hyde County, on Ocracoke Island in 1823.
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The Point Iroquois Light Station is on Lake Superior, on the Upper Michigan Peninsula.
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Before the installation of lighthouses on the Pacific coast, many ships and seamen went to their graves on its rocky shoals. In 1926, operation of the brightest beacon in Southern California, the Point Vicente Lighthouse, began.
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Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse, in Florida, was completed in 1887.