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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1997
Page
13
The article recalls beacons guiding sailors before motorized boats, helping avoid rocks and locating safe harbors. Lighthouses faced towering waves, sometimes over 150 feet, and remained sturdy until a shutdown in 1957.
Lighthouses ring U S coasts and major waterways including Chesapeake Bay and Hudson River. Once essential to navigation, they now mostly aid smaller fishing vessels as larger ships rely on advanced technology for location and guidance.
Before radios and radar sailors relied on daymarks for daytime location along the East Coast. Lighthouses flashed unique night patterns, with Minot's Ledge near Maine using a sequence of one flash, darkness, four flashes, darkness, three flashes. This code led to the nickname I Love You.
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