Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois have most sites with cables like one in beach explosion
The cable that caused an explosion at a crowded Rhode Island beach last summer, injuring a woman, may have counterparts lying under beaches, harbors and waterways at 48 sites in 12 states, according to a list the Coast Guard provided to The Associated Press in response to a records request. A list of the Coast Guard lights - lighthouses, buoys and other beacons - once powered by the buried cables:
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MICHIGAN (21 sites)
- Harbor Beach Light 2
- Round Island Passage Light
- De Tour Reef Light
- West Neebish Channel (Downbound) Light 32
- West Neebish Channel (Downbound) Light 30
- Little Rapids Cut Light 96
- Little Rapids Cut Light 98
- Brush Point Range Front Light
- Grand Marais Harbor Of Refuge Outer Light
- Marquette Breakwater Outer Light
- Marquette Breakwater Inner Light
- Keweenaw Waterway Lower Entrance Light
- Portage Lake North Pierhead Light
- Manistee North Pierhead Light
- Ludington North Pierhead Light
- Pentwater North Pierhead Light 3
- Muskegon South Pierhead Light
- Muskegon Lake Light
- Holland Harbor North Pierhead Light
- St. Joseph North Pierhead Light
- St. Joseph North Pier Inner Light
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WISCONSIN (8)
- Bayfield Harbor South Breakwater Light
- Superior Entry South Breakwater Light
- Kenosha Light
- Milwaukee Breakwater Light
- Milwaukee Pierhead Light
- Sheboygan North Pierhead Light
- Manitowoc Breakwater Light
- Two Rivers North Pierhead Light
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ILLINOIS (5)
- Calumet Park 101st Street Pier Light
- Chicago Harbor Light
- Chicago Harbor Entrance South Side Light
- Chicago Harbor Southeast Guide Wall Light
- Waukegan Harbor Light
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INDIANA (3):
- Michigan City East Pierhead Light
- Indiana Harbor East Breakwater Light
- Indiana Harbor Light 5
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OHIO (3)
- Lorain Harbor Light
- Huron Harbor Light
- Sandusky Harbor Breakwater Light
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MINNESOTA (2)
- Two Harbors East Breakwater Light
- Grand Marais Light
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DELAWARE
- Bulkhead Bar Range Front Light
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NEW JERSEY
- Florence Upper Range Front Light
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NEW YORK
- Sodus Outer Light
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PENNSYLVANIA Enterprise Lower Range Front Light
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RHODE ISLAND
- Point Judith Harbor of Refuge West Entrance Light 3
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VIRGINIA
- Smith Point Light