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Elbow Reef Lighthouse 150th Birthday Celebration (1864-2014)
Jun 27, 2014 - 5:51:55 PM

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Elbow Reef Lighthouse Celebration - 150 Years Of Keeping The Light On! from Scott Ramsay on Vimeo.


Hope Town, ABACO, The Bahamas -  Elbow Reef Lighthouse has just turned 150 years old, and is the last manually-operated kerosene light fueled left in the world.


The Lighthouse Society organized an anniversary event on June 24th, 2014 in commemoration featuring education talks, tour and exhibits; an art exhibition and art contest for children;  a drink contest for the adults; and much more.  The event which drew close to one thousand was under the theme “150 Years of Keeping The Light On.”

Read a feature story from The Tribune.

See ALL the photos from the event at the Lighthouse Society's Facebook page.


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Mr Dave Gale, who has been working to save this light for the past 30 years. (Photo: The Lighthouse Society)


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Photos: The Lighthouse Society



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Three of the Winners of The Childrens Art Contest, from left to right Maitland Lowe, Jr, Ryan Knowles and Summer Aberle (Photo: The Lighthouse Society)



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Photos: The Lighthouse Society



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Kent LeBoutillier with the Best Birthday Cake Ever, Kent was one of our most active and hard working committee members Thank You Kent. Behind Kent is our Tom Hazel of The Abaco Inn, he sold our shirts and hats for the event. (Photo: The Lighthouse Society)



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Photos: The Lighthouse Society



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Photos: The Lighthouse Society




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Photos: The Lighthouse Society


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