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The Navesink Highlands Light Station originally consisted of two octagonal stone towers 320 feet apart. The site is that of the 1828 north tower, and its replacement, completed in 1862, stands nearby. An 1861 illustration of Sandy Hook from the lighthouses shows the first north tower and the foundation of the new lighthouse being laid. Two smaller structures on the lighthouse property were the New York Sandy Hood Telegraph Company building, dating to 1854, and the Merchants Exchange semaphore tower, dating to 1829.
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