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The Twin Lights of Navesink New Jersey at the Jersey Shore

The Twin Lights is listed on the State and National Registers of Historic Places.The current lighthouse, built in 1862 of local brownstone, cost $74,000, and replaced the earlier buildings that had fallen into disrepair. Architect Joseph Lederle designed the new structure with two non-identical towers linked by keepers' quarters and storage rooms. This unique design made it easy to distinguish Twin Lights from other nearby lighthouses. At night, the two beacons, one flashing and the other fixed, provided another distinguishing characteristic.

 

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Uploaded on July 31, 2010
Taken on July 28, 2010