| New Jersey Lighthouses |
Lighthouses act as navigational aides for sailors, helping to protect ships from running aground. Because some of the most treacherous waters along the eastcoast are found here and the land constantly shifts, lighthouses were and are extremely important to New Jersey and the entrance to New York Harbor. Throughout history there have been many shipwrecks off the coast of New Jersey. The entrance to New York harbor, along Sandy Hook is so dangerous that it resulted in three lighthouses being built in close proximity to each other. One of these lighthouses, Navesink Lighthouse, even has two lights and is more commonly referred to as Twin Lights Lighthouse. This lighthouse had some of the very firsts in lighthouse history because of it's importance. Sandy Hook also contains the oldest operating lighthouse in North America - Sandy Hook Lighthouse which was built in 1764.
Many of New Jersey's lighthouses, from Sandy Hook to Cape May, have been recently refurbished.
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