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The Great Lighthouse Give-Away

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Minneapolis Shoal Lighthouse as it appeared in ...

In the on-going great lighthouse givewaway, the U.S. Coast Guard, through the General Services Administration, is offering another batch of lighthouses free of charge to qualified nonprofits or other government entities. All of the lighthouses have been declared excess property by the Coast Guard and are offered under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. If no qualified entity steps forward to apply for ownership, the lighthouses will then be auctioned off to the highest bidder.

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The art deco style Minneapolis Shoal Lighthouse ...
Photo by: Jerry Biggs

The lighthouses being given up for adoption are the Detroit River Lighthouse, Minneapolis Shoal Lighthouse, North Manitou Shoal Lighthouse, Port Washington Breakwater Lighthouse, Greens Ledge Lighthouse, and Southwest Ledge Lighthouse.

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The Detroit River Lighthouse is about 28 miles ...
Photo by: Tony Costa


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A lighthouse tender pulls away from the Detroit ...


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George H. Ward, who served as the lighthouse ...


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Built in 1935, the North Manitou Shoal Lighthouse ...


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In 1980 the North Manitou Shoal Lighthouse became ...
Photo by: Marty Bartels


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This unique lens that was once in the North ...
Photo by: Terry Pepper


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The art deco style Port Washington Breakwater ...
Photo by: Mark R. Bertieri


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The Port Washington Breakwater Lighthouse sits ...
Photo by: Russell J. Katje


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The 1902 Greens Ledge Lighthouse is your typical ...
Photo by: Richard (Dick) Ramsey


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The Greens Ledge Lighthouse as it appeared in ...


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There were no OSHA regulations in place when the ...


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Greens Ledge Lighthouse as it appeared in October ...


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As you compare this modern photo of Greens Ledge ...
Photo by: Geri Mease


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Built in 1877, the Southwest Ledge Lighthouse was ...


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This image of the Southwest Ledge Lighthouse from ...


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Nils Nelson came to Southwest Ledge Lighthouse in ...


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This story appeared in the Jul/Aug 2015 edition of Lighthouse Digest Magazine. The print edition contains more stories than our internet edition, and each story generally contains more photographs - often many more - in the print edition. For subscription information about the print edition, click here.

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