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What was the first US lighthouse built with a fresnel as its original optic?

Edited to say:"US lighthouse" otherwise I won't know the answer.

I hadn't caught that Brandt (Brant) was spelled 2 different ways. That always amazes me. My mother's family spelled their last name 3 different ways. Her birth certicate said Waldron, while the name she used was Walden. Some of her family used Waldon. When making her arrangements a few days before she died, I was able to get all the names for her obituary spelled right, afterwards some guy "corrected" them all to the same spelling, and I could not get them straight again.