Barnegat Light - New Jersey

Located on the south side of Barnegat Inlet about forty miles northeast of Alantic City, this light was inaugurated on July 20, 1835. Within twenty years the mortar had deteriorated, and bricks began falling at an alarming rate. Moreover, the tower was only forty feet high and the light could be seen for ten miles - in clear weather. So in 1857 construction began on a new tower nine hundred feet south of the old one; its light was 175 feet above the sea. It was lighted on January 1, 1859. This is the light that stands there today.

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