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Point Bonita Light Station Goes Automatic

September 17, 2012 Posted by: Nicole Hayduk

Light stations have helped guide seafarers and ships through both calm and stormy seas for over 2,000 years. The first known lighthouse was built in Alexandria on the island of Pharos in approximately 280 BCE, and since that time, light stations have steadily developed into what is in use today.

Point Bonita, lighthouse