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Danish lighthouse moved away on wheels from eroding coastline
short by Nandini Sinha / on Tuesday, 22 October, 2019
A nearly 120-year-old lighthouse in Denmark was put on wheels and rails in an attempt to move it away from an eroding coastline. The 75-foot-high lighthouse, first lit in 1900, was then around 200 metres from the coast and now it's only about six metres away. The lighthouse ceased operating in 1968 and was briefly turned into a museum.
read more at The Guardian