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Caption: Marker detail: Lighthouse and Fog Bell circa 1865
Additional Description: Fortifications were added to Cape Disappointment during the Civil War to protect the mouth of the Columbia River. When a fifteen-inch gun was discharged in 1865, the concussion broke eleven panes of glass in the tower’s lantern room.
Submitted: April 19, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p424031
File Size: 1.436 Megabytes

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