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About Elbow Reef Lighthouse
Elbow Reef Lighthouse is one of the last operational kerosene-fueled lighthouses and is one of only three manual lighthouses left in the world. It has a weight mechanism that has to be hand cranked every several hours to maintain the sequence of five white flashes every 15 seconds. The lamp burns kerosene oil with a wick and mantle, at the rate of 1 gallon per night. (Hope Town, Elbow Cay, Bahamas)
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