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Using modern materials in 1908, a cast-iron tower standing 26 feet tall installed. Improvements

continued in 1910 when a fog signal was installed. In In 1932, it was deemed that 26 feet for the tower
was not adequate. Rather than replacing the tower with a new one, engineers brought in a 16-foot
section, and placed the tower on that to bring the height up to 42 feet.

Algoma Pierhead Lighthouse * 1932
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