June 12, 2026
Crooked Island Map
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Lighthouses & shipwrecks of Bird Rock Light, Fortune Island
THE Pall Mall Gazette in 1878 focused on recent lighthouse expenditures, which rose “on account of the construction of Bird Rock Lighthouse in the Bahamas.” Why spend so much money on a remote pile or rock built atop a remote rock, taxpayers asked their government in London. The expenses considerably exceeded the estimate granted.
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