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was constructed and placed in operation in 1964, and was built to be an automated light, controlled by the personnel at the
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company was contracted to retrieve the wreckage off the ocean floor for scrapping.
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314:2008-01-11
290:References
229:lighthouse
122:Foundation
74:80°40′50″W
71:31°57′03″N
16:Lighthouse
268:Singapore
173:First lit
146:Automated
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247:History
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