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Mile Rocks: A Bay Area Lighthouse Unlike Any Other

The Mile Rocks Lighthouse used to stand more than 80 feet tall guiding ships through some of the most treacherous waters in San Francisco Bay. But that was before it was automated and decapitated.
Chris Hambrick
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Waves crash into the Mile Rocks Lighthouse. (United States Coast Guard)

Learn more about Mile Rocks Lighthouse here.

Reported by Chris Hambrick.

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