The Dixon Hill Lighthouse on San Salvador - The Bahamas

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Dixon Hill Lighthouse was constructed between 1856 and 1887 as one of eleven manned light stations commissioned by the British Imperial Lighthouse Service to be built throughout The Bahamas.
The lighthouse is constructed of steel (on the interior) and two feet of concrete (on the exterior). It was built on a plantation owned by John Dixon. Dixon and his wife are both buried only feet from the lighthouse.
In 1973 when The Bahamas gained independence from Britain, the operation of the 11 lighthouses became the responsibility of The Bahamas Port Department.
Over the next 39 years, those lighthouses would all be automated with the exception of the iconic red and white stripped Elbow Reef lighthouse in Hope Town, Abaco and the Dixon Hill Lighthouse in San Salvador. These historic treasures are the last kerosene-fueled, manned lighthouses in the world.