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1)Â THE FIRST KNOWN LIGHTHOUSEÂ was the Pharos of Alexandria, Egypt.
2)Â THE TALLEST LIGHTHOUSEÂ is Cape Hatteras, NC (196 ft. built in 1872).
3)Â THE FIRST LIGHTHOUSE IN AMERICAÂ was at Boston on Little Brewster Island (1716).Â
4)Â THE OLDEST EXISTING LIGHTHOUSE IN AMERICAÂ (never rebuilt) is Sandy Hook, NJ (1764), which is still in operation.
5) THE ONLY TRIANGULAR-SHAPED LIGHTHOUSE TOWER is Sullivan’s Island in Charleston, SC.Â