The New Jersey Shore between Barnegat and Navesink lighthouses (nearly 40 miles distance) was unlit in the 1800's, and in 1888 the Lighthouse Board requested the funds to establish a light in this area. The original location was to be in Manasquan Inlet, but the site was found to be unsuitable; the present lot was obtained on the beach at Sea Girt near Wreck pond. It was first established in 1896; this was the last shore lighthouse with an integral keeper's residence built on the east coast of the United States. In 1921 Sea Girt Light was equipped with a radio beacon, the first such installation on a shore-based light. The lighthouse was decommissioned in 1955
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