America's first lighthouse, completed in Boston in 1716, was illuminated primarily by this type of oil
[DOC] [TLE] lighthouse | Britannica.com [PAR] After the 1st century ce, candles or oil lamps were used in lanterns with ... 
Cordouan thus became the first lighthouse to be built in the open sea, the ... At 
least 15 lights were established by 1600, making it one of the best-lighted areas 
of that time.