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Minots Light

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $4.95

Stock #:77311
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts (MA)
County: Suffolk
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
Additional Details:
THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL NEW ENGLAND LIGHTHOUSES, LOCATED ONE AND A HALF MILES FROM SHORE, REQUIRED OVER FIVE YEARS TO BUILD. THE TOWER IS OF GRANITE BLOCKS RISING TO A HEIGHT OF 88 FEET, AND THE LOWER HALF IS SOLID ALL THROUGH. ABOVE THE SOLID PORTION ARE THE APARTMENT OF FIVE ROOMS, ONE ABOVE THE OTHER AND ABOVE ALL THE REVOLVING LIGHT. THE PRESENT STRUCTURE WAS COMPLETED IN 1860.

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