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Tillamook Rock Lighthouse off the coast of Oregon,

also known as Terrible Tilly,

is overrun with sea lions and extremely difficult to reach by sea or air.

 

Photograph;

Brandon Carter Grindstone Media/ASP via ZUMA Press Wire

 

Terrible Tilly, Oregon’s Legendary Lighthouse, Is for Sale

The current owner of the lighthouse, built in 1881,

has used it for decades to store cremated remains.

Its new owners will decide its next chapter.

NYT

April 9, 2022, 6:45 a.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/09/
us/tillamook-rock-lighthouse.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 The Galveston Jetty Lighthouse in Texas, shown in 1945,

collapsed in a storm in 2000.

 

Photograph:

United States Coast Guard Historian's Office

 

The Lighthouse Keepers

NYT

SEPT. 13, 2014

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/
opinion/sunday/the-lighthouse-keepers.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/09/
us/tillamook-rock-lighthouse.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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