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Offer Wadham Lighthouse on Offer Wadham Island in Newfoundland and Labrador was first lit on October 4, 1858, after years of appeals for a navigational light in hazardous waters. Pressure for its construction grew after the 1852 “Spring of the Wadhams,” when more than 40 sealing vessels were crushed and abandoned in nearby ice, and surviving crewmen climbed the cliffs for shelter. The lighthouse showed a steady fixed white light from a circular brick tower, visible through 360 degrees from 100 feet above sea level for about 15 nautical miles. It remained in the care of keepers including Thomas Hennessey, Edward Reddy, and Charles Prowse.
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