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Hurricane Sandy destroyed the Old Orchard Shoal Light

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Old Orchard Shoal Light stood for 119 years and was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. And this was a good lighthouse.

Even sadder is its owner, who bought the lighthouse in 2008 for  $235,000.

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LUX Light Archive, Archive record: "Hurricane Sandy destroyed the Old Orchard Shoal Light", , https://light.lux143.org/node/882/, accessed 2026-07-03, archive v0.24.42.

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