The light tower, standing 113 feet tall, was built in 1870 to replace the shorter Old Presque Isle Lighthouse about a mile ...

This light was built in 1760 -- from lottery proceeds from civic-minded Colonial citizens of New London -- it was the 4th (colonial) lighthouse ... by towing him to shore.

The council says the two iconic towers are the only pair of leading lighthouses - that are made of iron - that are still standing in England. "I think of them as a bit like the Angel of the North ...