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Human101948

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1. We have the opposite problem at the Sandy Hook NJ Lighthouse...

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Fri May 29, 2015, 07:52 AM

May 2015

A longshore current brings sand from points south and deposits it at Sandy Hook.
The lighthouse was built in 1764 about 500 feet from the ocean. It is now 5500 feet from the water.

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