Template:Did you know nominations/Five Mile Point Light


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The result was: promoted by Hawkeye7 (talk) 01:36, 17 October 2014 (UTC)

Five Mile Point Light

 * ... that the original Five Mile Point Lighthouse from 1805 was a 30 ft octagonal wooden tower, with fixed white light made by eight oil lamps with 13 in parabolic reflectors?
 * Reviewed: Not a self-nomination

Improved to Good Article status by ChrisGualtieri (talk). Nominated by Oceanh (talk) at 21:47, 7 September 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg It's a good article, so I'm not too concerned with anything. The source for the amount of oil lamps is offline, so I am going to assume good faith here and approve it, as the first source for the design is online and backs up what is claimed in the hook. Kevin Rutherford (talk) 21:28, 16 October 2014 (UTC)