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Chronology oi Aids to Navigation	Page	4	ot	32
CHRONOLOGY
1716 (14 September) The Boston Lighthouse on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, which was the first lighthouse established in America, was first exhibited. (Putnam, p. 5; USCG, p. 33).
1719 A cannon was placed near the Boston Lighthouse on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, "to answer Ships in a Fog," thus making it the earliest fog signal established in the United States. (Putnam, pp. 5-6; USCG, p. 33).
1721 The New Orleans beacon built by Adrien de Pauger was "a beacon 62 feet high," but surviving records do not indicate "whether it was lighted or not." (Adamson, p. 190).
1746 The town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, built a lighthouse on Brant Point, on the western side of the entrance to Nantucket Harbor. (Putnam, p. 22).
1749 The Beavertail Lighthouse, constructed of rubble-stone and 64-feet high, was built on the south end of Conanicut Island at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. (Putnam, pp. 23-24).
1755 First mention of a brick tower that had been built on Tybee Island at the mouth of the Savannah River in Georgia. Although called a "lighthouse," it apparently served solely as a beacon until the necessary alterations were made and it was lit in 1791. (Putnam, p. 18).
1760 About this time, a lighthouse was constructed, probably of masonry, on the west side of the entrance to New London Harbor. (Putnam, p. 23).
1764 (11 June) The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, at the south point of the entrance to New York Harbor, was first lighted. Today, its octagonal tower, built by Mr. Isaac Conro of New York City with money collected by a group of New York merchants, is the oldest original light tower still standing and in use in the United States. (USCG, pp. 63-64).
1767 The construction of the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse, on the south side of the entrance to Delaware Bay, was completed, although a light may have been shown earlier than this date. (Putnam, p. 14).
1767 The Charleston Lighthouse was built on Morris Island, South Carolina, the first stone of the tower being laid on 30 May. (Putnam, p. 17).
1767	Buoys were mentioned in the records of the building of Cape Henlopen Lighthouse by the State of Pennsylvania, for the statement of expense showed that the two sets of buoys in the Delaware River cost 1,143 pounds. (Putnam, pp. 214-215).
1768	A lighthouse was constructed on Gurnet Point at Plymouth, Massachusetts. (Putnam, p.
24).
1771 The Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse was built on the point at Newcastle, New Hampshire.
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