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Managing Organization:
U.S. Coast Guard
Notes:
The clubhouse of Jonathan's Landing golf course in Magnolia is based on the 1903 Mahon River Lighthouse. Height of Focal Plane: 37 Characteristic and Range: Flashing white every 4 seconds, visible for 7 miles. Description of Tower: Steel skeleton tower.
This light is operational
Earlier Towers?
1903: Octagonal tower on roof of 2-story wooden keeper's dwelling (destroyed by fire 1984). Date Established: 1831 Date Present Tower Built: 1955? Current Use: Active aid to navigation. Open To Public? No. Keepers: Abel Harris (1833?); John Smith (1835-1845?); Thomas E. Harvey (1845-1848); Susan Harvey (1848-1855); Thomas J. Catts (1855-1861); T. S. Buckmaster (1861-1866); William Parker (1866-1868); James A. Parker (1868-1869); William S. Vane (1869-1873); Henry D. Joseph (1873-1885); Theodore H. Burton (1885-1911); C. F. Burton (1911); Lewis A. Connelly (1911-1912); Irvin Lynch (1912-1939)
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