Elbow Reef Lighthouse
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elbow-reef-lighthouse-185-5029919
title:
Elbow Reef Lighthouse
text:
Elbow Reef is one of the last operational kerosene-fueled lighthouses in the world. This lighthouse was built in 1862 opened September 1, 1863 it is striped horizontally red and white. Its light can be seen from 23 nmi (43 km) away. The Elbow Reef Lighthouse is one of only three manual lighthouses left in the world. It has a weight mechanism that has to be hand cranked every few hours to maintain the sequence of five white flashes every 15 seconds. The lamp burns kerosene oil with a wick and man
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Lighthouse in the Bahamas
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbow_Reef_Lighthouse
date created:
2013-04-09T17:27:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T00:51:56Z
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13
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