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channel. In 1887 the rear range light was moved from the lighthouse to a tramway to permit proper adjustments to be made to the alignment. The light was decommissioned in 1899 after the channel was sufficiently marked with buoys. The lighthouse was listed in a survey in 1924, but has since disappeared.
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It is known that the front range tower was destroyed during the war. There is no record of when the lighthouse was destroyed, but a new lighthouse was built in 1872. As the channel over the sand bar shifted with time, the front range light was periodically moved to maintain an alignment with the
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was built to mark a channel over the sandbar at the mouth of the
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St. Mary's River
Florida
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30°42′12″N 81°26′18″W / 30.7034°N 81.4383°W / 30.7034; -81.4383
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