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| Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse is located within Fort Constitution (宪章堡) in New Castle (新堡), New Hampshire (新罕布什尔州), USA.
 The station was established in 1771 and was the 10th of 11 light
 stations established prior to the American Revolution. The first tower
 was a shingled wooden structure with an iron lantern and copper roof.
 Its light source was three copper oil lamps.
 The first tower was replaced in 1804 by an 80-foot (24 m) octagonal
 wooden tower approximately 100 yards (91 m) east of the 1771 tower. In
 1851, twenty years after the establishment of Whaleback Lighthouse,
 the tower was shortened to 55 feet (17 m). Three years later, in 1854,
 the tower was fitted with a Fourth (4th) Order Fresnel Lens.
 In 1878, a new 48-foot (15 m) cast-iron, brick-lined lighthouse tower
 was erected on the same foundation as the 1804 tower. When the new
 tower was completed, the surrounding remains of the 1804 tower were
 removed.
 The current light is a fixed green signal that is visible for 12
 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi). The light is made green by an acrylic
 cylinder that surrounds the lens.
 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Harbor_Light)
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