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with walls 0.6 meters (2 ft) thick. Attached to the tower is a two-story operations building. The site also includes a 9-by-4-meter (30 ft × 13 ft), single-story, concrete generator building. The entire complex is surrounded by a
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601:Leluh Ruins
325:"NPS Focus"
221:Alet Island
161:Deactivated
103:Constructed
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70:7°22′15.4″N
60:Coordinates
41:Alet Island
795:Categories
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530:Properties
308:References
186:Designated
16:Lighthouse
664:Nan Madol
375:, sec. 7.
153:First lit
760:Category
611:Safonfok
532:by state
425:July 10,
343:July 10,
292:See also
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129:Heritage
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37:Location
737:Museums
621:Pohnpei
410:Sources
264:History
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593:Kosrae
473:Topics
247:Design
121:Height
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270:Palau
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215:, or
148:Light
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