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Sander Scott tours Grand Traverse Lighthouse, explaining how its keeper petitioned Congress for a larger structure on stronger ground. The new lighthouse reached 47 to 48 feet, up from the original 30 feet, with additions made over the years.
Sander Scott tours Grand Traverse Lighthouse, explaining how its keeper petitioned Congress for a larger structure on stronger ground. The new lighthouse reached 47 to 48 feet, up from the original 30 feet, with additions made over the years.
You build something on sand, it's not going to last. Yeah. So the keeper at the time petitioned Congress to build a larger dwelling further up on the tip in this location and higher. Yeah. And so we have a larger building that has had several additions to it over the years, and we're at 47, 40, 47, 48 feet tall here. Okay. Compared to 30 feet. Compared to 30 and a better foundation. And a much better foundation.
