A 150-year-old beacon that helped guide ships through the treacherous Florida Keys coral reefs before GPS, sonar and other technology made it obsolete is shining again as part of a national effort to save historic lighthouses that have dotted the U.S. coast for more than a century.
The Associated Press and WFTV.com News StaffISLAMORADA, Fla. — A 150-year-old beacon that helped guide ships through the treacherous Florida Keys coral reefs before GPS, sonar and other technology made it obsolete is shining again as part of a that is spending $6 million to restore and preserve the Alligator Reef Lighthouse
The lighthouse is named after the USS Alligator, a Navy schooner that ran aground on the reef in 1822 and sank.
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