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ABSECON LIGHTHOUSE - ATLANTIC CITY
NEW JERSEY
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ABSECON LIGHTHOUSE, Atlantic City,
N. J. commissioned in 1857 after twenty year
crusade by Dr. Jonathan Pitney, "The Father
of Atlantic City", guided mariners for three
quarters of a century. Its beam, from the
Fresnel lens, 167 feet above ground was vis-
ible 20 miles at sea. Restored during New
Jersey's Tercentenary year by the City of
Atlantic City 1964. Open to the public.
Operated by
the Atlantic County Historical Society
Photo by Jack E. Boucher
LITHO U.S.A.- LAUREATE PRESS
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