Digest>November 2009
Photo By:
S. Hallock du Pont, Jr.
Photo Caption:
-The lighthouse was built in 1902 to replace an earlier lighthouse that was destroyed in a storm. However its height was not tall enough to be effective and the tower was raised to its current height of 111 feet in 1910. The grounds to the lighthouse are open to the public but the tower is not.. Back to the edition of: November 2009
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Swakopmund Lighthouse
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