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Located in Newark Bay at the mouth of the Passaic River near Newark, New Jersey, the Passaic Lighthouse was established in 1849 and rebuilt in 1859. In 1903 upon the death of her husband, Dennis, Eliza MacCashin became the lighthouse keeper, a position she held until April 4, 1914 when the lighthouse was discontinued. However, the U.S. Lighthouse Service allowed her to remain on the property as a caretaker, but they removed the lantern room and the fog bell from the structure. When Eliza died in September of that year, her son Hugh was allowed to continue to live in the former lighthouse, which he did until 1933. In 1934 the lighthouse structure was put up for auction, but there were no buyers. Abandoned, the lighthouse soon fell into disrepair and was subsequently demolished. Today, very few people have ever even heard of this lighthouse that was discontinued 100 years ago.

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