United States Lighthouse Board
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united-states-lighthouse-board-263-18415271
title:
United States Lighthouse Board
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The United States Lighthouse Board was the second agency of the U.S. federal government, under the Department of Treasury, responsible for the construction and maintenance of all lighthouses and navigation aids in the United States, between 1852 and 1910. The new agency was created following complaints of the shipping industry of the previous administration of lighthouses under the Treasury's Lighthouse Establishment, which had had jurisdiction since 1791, and since 1820, been under the control
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US Federal Government agency
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Lighthouse_Board
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date modified:
2023-04-27T02:03:17Z
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