Thacher Island at Sunrise | Rockport, Massachusetts
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Channel: Nashua Video Tours | Real Estate Media for MA, NH · 2010 · Travel & Events
The island encompasses about 50 acres , and is the only operating Twin lighthouses in America Is one of only seven twin and one triple light all on the Atlantic Coast Is the eleventh and last lighthouse built under British rule in 1771. Is the original First Order Fresnel lens from the south tower is on display at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in Groton Ct. Was the first lighthouse to mark a "dangerous spot" along the coast, all previous lights were built to only mark harbor entrances.
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