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Why Are People Fascinated With Lighthouses?

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Why Are People Fascinated With Lighthouses? Towers play an essential role in our nation’s maritime history. Active signal towers, watch towers, and light towers once dotted America’s coastlines, including Lake Michigan. Lighthouses saved lives, protecting mariners as they approached rocky shores in the midst of fog and darkness. … What would happen if there were

How Were Lighthouses Built?

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How Were Lighthouses Built? Lighthouses were made from a variety of materials including wood, stone, brick, reinforced concrete, iron, steel, and even aluminum and fiberglass. Lighthouses were built on land, in the water, on islands, on top of ledges and cliffs, on breakwaters and piers, on caissons, and at least five are on fort walls.