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Here is an early release of the 2010 OPA Champions.

I hope to have as many teams at the OPA Awards Ceremony Autograph this collage, as it will be going to up for an Auction as a fundraiser. Jim Jackson of Maxed Out Motorsports can provide the details. Thank you in advance for your support...

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Charity Photos with the Platinum Powerboat Club

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Hi Tim why do they call them twin lights when one is round and the other square
Rich

The "Lights" themselves are the same only the bases are different.

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History

A lighthouse existed on the site since 1828, when it became an important guide and landmark for ships navigating the treacherous entrances to New York Harbor.

The current lighthouse was constructed in 1862. The non-identical towers by day and the two beacons by night—one flashing and one
fixed—allowed ready identification by mariners of the identity of the facility, thus allowing a rough determination of their location approaching the harbor.

This was the first American lighthouse to test a Fresnel lens and was also the site of a demonstration by Marconi of the wireless telegraph in 1899.[3] A bi-valve fresnel lens is on display in the museum.[4]

The north tower light was discontinued in 1898; at the same time the south tower was electrified, one of the first lighthouses in the United States to be so equipped. It was automated in 1949, but was discontinued in 1952 as the importance of the light diminished.

In 1962, the site was turned over to the state of New Jersey, which installed a sixth order lens and reactivated the north tower as a private aid to navigation. This light remains active.

Marconi of the Wireless Telegraph:

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