Today, the Marblehead Lighthouse, the oldest continuously operating lighthouse in the Great Lakes located along the south shore of Lake Erie, is as much tourist attraction as navigational aid, due to GPS and other on-shore landmarks. Read the full story by The Plain Dealer.
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