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Caught Our Eyes: A Leaning Lighthouse

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

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Reference specialist Marilyn Ibach caught sight of this photo in the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) documentation for the Cape Saint George Lighthouse, Cape St. George, Apalachicola, Franklin County, Florida.

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Northeast View with Lighthouse Keeper’s Dwelling in Background, 275 Degrees off North – Cape Saint George Lighthouse, Cape St. George, Apalachicola, Franklin County, FL. Photograph by Tom Baird, 1998. //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.fl0421/photos.221606p

Marilyn remarked:

This 1852 lighthouse caught my eye because it’s at such an angle! (275 degrees off north).  This November 1998 photo shows the lighthouse soon after Hurricane Georges hit it; further damaged by  erosion and pounding waves, it  finally toppled on October 21, 2005.

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