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Lighthouse, built 1871

"The Lighthouse was located a mile off Colchester Point in Lake Champlain, marking the location of three reefs. The building was designed in 1869 by Andrew Dow, a Burlington, Vermont, Resident, who submitted his plan in a contest organized by the United States Lighthouse Service. A series of eleven keepers and their families lived and worked in the lighthouse until 1933, when the beacon light was automated, eliminating the need for resident keepers."

 

Shelburne Museum

Shelburne, Vermont

 

shelburnemuseum.org/collection/lighthouse/

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Uploaded on September 19, 2019
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