The Lighthouse Lowdown

Episode 71 - Minot's Ledge Lighthouse

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Listener Lighthouse! Thank you to Megan for sending this in.

Commonly known as the I Love You Lighthouse, Minot's Ledge actually has a deadly history as a strange lighthouse on stilts! When that one failed, engineers used the successful construction tactics from the Eddystone Lighthouse to build a stone tower that still stands today.

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References:

  1. Minot's Ledge Lighthouse | Lighthouse Stars
  2. Minot's Ledge Lighthouse | Lighthouse Friends
  3. Minot's Ledge Light history | New England Lighthouses
  4. Minot's Ledge | USLHS
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