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Chatham Lighthouse known as Twin Lights prior to 1923 is a lighthouse in Chatham Massachusetts near the elbow of Cape Cod.The station was established in 1808 the second light on Cape Cod. To distinguish it from Highland Light the first Cape Cod light and to act as a range twin octagonal 40-foot (12 m) wooden towers were built. They were on skids so that they could be moved to keep them in line with the entrance channel as it shifted.

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