Thomas Point Lighthouse was built in 1875, a mile and a half off of the tip of Thomas Point proper, at the end of the shoal that had been snagging the keels of too many ships since they started coming over from England in the early 1600s. There had been two prior lighthouses on shore, but they were too remote to be effective and prone to erosion.
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