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U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-4000
A white and green lighthouse is situated on the natural banks of the Mississippi River near Elsah. It stands in front of one of the limestone bluffs it would have warned riverboat captains to avoid when the town was a thriving steamboat stop along the Mississippi River.
Public Domain. Great Rivers Country
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