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Line 15: Some major rivers, such as the [[Elbe\|Elbe River]] in [[Germany]], have a series of leading lines. When it is necessary to make a turn, the navigator lines up the next pair of leading lights. This provides guidance from [[Hamburg]] to the sea, using successive pairs of leading lights. Leading lights were used in ~~England~~Great Britain as early as 1763 to mark the [[Port of Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite book\|title=Lighthouses of Liverpool Bay \|first=John \|last=Robinson \|first2=Diane \|last2=Robinson \|publisher=[[The History Press]] \|year=2007 \|isbn=978-0752442099}}</ref> The first set of range lights in the [[United States]] were privately established by subscription at [[Newburyport, Massachusetts\|Newburyport Harbor]] in [[Massachusetts]] in 1788.<ref>Jones & Robert (1998)</ref> Leading lights are sometimes designed to be movable, allowing their position to be shifted in the event of a change in the safe channel; these include one at [[Hilton Head Range Rear Light\|Hilton Head, South Carolina]], the original [[Chatham Light]], and the [[Nantucket Beacon]], predecessor to the Nantucket Harbor Range shown above. ==Gallery== <gallery>

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