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Light HOuSCS.- The most celebrated
lighthouse of antiquity was erected by
Ptolemy, in the island of Pharos, oppo-
site 10 Alexandria, Egypt Its cost and
height have given rise to such absurd
stories, that its true dimensions or ex-
pense cannot be ascertaned, though such
was its celebrity that to this day the term
"Pharos" is used as a general sense for
lighthouse. The most remarkable light
houses of the present day, are the Eddy
stone on the rocks opposite to Plymouth
Sound, England; the Bell rock opposite
TO the firth Of Fay in Scotland, and the
Tour de Cordanan at the entrance of the
Gironde in France. This latter was be-
gun in 1854, and completed in 1911, and
was the first or which revolving light
was exhibited. There are on the coast
of Great Britain, 1873 lighthouses. There
are in the United States 1874 lighthouses,
of which Maine has 25, containing 262
lamps; New Hampshire A, and SO lamps;
Vermont ], and 10 lamps; Massachusetts
"a, and 800 lamps; Rhode Island 8, and
80 lamps; Connecticut 10, and 96 lamps;
New Y orl 20, and 1927 lamps; New Jer-
sey one of / lamps; Pennsy lvania 2, and
IA lamps; Delaware z, and "a lamps;
Maryland l3, and l53 lamps; Virginia z,
and IS lamps; North Carolina Z, and 94
lamps; South Carolina 3, and 81 lamps;
Georgia 6, and go lamps; Florida S, and
l06 lamps; Alabama 2, and 81 lamps;
Mississippi 8, and 80 lamps; Louisiana a,
and SO lamps; Ohio u, and rs lamps;
Michigan z, and 7S lamps; in all 2,l47
lamps. Massachusetts has a larger number
Of lighthouses than any other State.


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