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b"Borden Flats Lighthouse in 1900, from the U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office.\\n\\n\\n\\nBorden Flats Lighthouse was built in 1881 on a dangerous reef to help guide increased shipping traffic as the city of Fall River, Massachusetts, became an important center for textile manufacturing. In fact, the city grew to become the largest textile producing center in the United States during the 1800s, with over 100 mills in operation by 1920. Borden Flats Lighthouse is a cast-iron tower on a cylindrical caisson \\u2013 the type of lighthouse that\\u2019s often called a sparkplug light.\\n\\n\\n\\nBorden Flats Lighthouse\\n\\n\\n\\nIn 2006, it was announced that the lighthouse would be available for transfer to a suitable buyer under the provisions of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act of 2000.\\xa0 There were no applicants, so the lighthouse was at government auction to the general public.\\xa0The eventual buyer, Nick Korstad, completed much renovation and opened the lighthouse for tours and overnight stays in 2016. In 2018, Nick bought the Big Bay Point Lighthouse B&B in Michigan, and he sold Borden Flats to Kevin Ferias. Kevin, a Rhode Island native, is the media director for New England Laborers.\\n\\n\\n\\nIn part two of a two-part interview, Kevin and Nick compare notes on paranormal activity at the lighthouse, along with many other aspects of owning an offshore lighthouse."