America's first lighthouse, completed in Boston in 1716, was illuminated primarily by this type of oil
The Boston Harbor Lighthouse (1716) was the first rubblestone light... [DOC] [TLE] The Lights - Presque Isle Lighthouse [PAR] The First Lamps are Lighted ... America's first lighthouse was constructed at St. 
Augustine, Florida, around ... Boston Light on the Massachusetts coast followed 
in 1716.