The Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light stands in Keweenaw Bay, June 2, 2022, in Chassell, Mich. The federal government's annual effort to give away or sell lighthouses that are no longer needed for navigation purposes includes 10 lighthouses this year.
Plymouth Light Station, with an octagonal wooden structure dates to 1842, stands near Cape Cod Bay and Plymouth Bay, April 5, 2023, in Plymouth, Mass. The federal government's annual effort to give away or sell lighthouses that are no longer needed for navigation purposes includes 10 lighthouses this year.
Warwick Neck Light, that dates to 1827 and was a onetime important navigation tool for mariners making their way to Providence, R.I., stands near Narragansett Bay, April 12, 2023, in Warwick, R.I. The federal government's annual effort to give away or sell lighthouses that are no longer needed for navigation purposes includes 10 lighthouses this year.
Little Mark Island and Monument stands between Broad Sound and Casco Bay, May 11, 2023, off the coast off Harpswell, Maine. The federal government's annual effort to give away or sell lighthouses that are no longer needed for navigation purposes includes 10 lighthouses this year.
The Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light stands in Keweenaw Bay, June 2, 2022, in Chassell, Mich. The federal government's annual effort to give away or sell lighthouses that are no longer needed for navigation purposes includes 10 lighthouses this year.
Plymouth Light Station, with an octagonal wooden structure dates to 1842, stands near Cape Cod Bay and Plymouth Bay, April 5, 2023, in Plymouth, Mass. The federal government's annual effort to give away or sell lighthouses that are no longer needed for navigation purposes includes 10 lighthouses this year.
Warwick Neck Light, that dates to 1827 and was a onetime important navigation tool for mariners making their way to Providence, R.I., stands near Narragansett Bay, April 12, 2023, in Warwick, R.I. The federal government's annual effort to give away or sell lighthouses that are no longer needed for navigation purposes includes 10 lighthouses this year.
Little Mark Island and Monument stands between Broad Sound and Casco Bay, May 11, 2023, off the coast off Harpswell, Maine. The federal government's annual effort to give away or sell lighthouses that are no longer needed for navigation purposes includes 10 lighthouses this year.
BOSTON (AP) — Ten lighthouses that for generations have stood like sentinels along America's shorelines protecting mariners from peril and guiding them to safety are being given away at no cost or sold at auction by the federal government.
The aim of the program run by the General Services Administration is to preserve the properties, most of which are more than a century old.
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