The British Impe­r­i­al Light­house Ser­vice built this can­dy-striped light­house to mark the Elbow Reef dur­ing the 1860s. Hope Townees at the time resent­ed this and opposed the project, as they saw it as a threat to their wreck­ing trade. They went as far as to sink a barge being used to trans­port build­ing mate­ri­als. Despite their sab­o­tage efforts, the light­house near Hope Town went into oper­a­tion in 1863. Prim­i­tive arti­facts and relics of the Wreck­er’s Days can be seen at Wyan­nie Mal­one His­tor­i­cal Muse­um in Hope Town. The light­house stands at 89 feet, with 101 steps, and is one of only two remain­ing bea­cons saved from automa­tion (which is vig­or­ous­ly opposed by res­i­dents). Extra­or­di­nary efforts are under­tak­en by the locals to secure the parts for the kerosene-burn­ing appa­ra­tus of the light, most of which are no longer man­u­fac­tured. An image of this light­house is fea­tured on the Bahami­an $10 bill. Togeth­er with the vil­lage’s neat rows of gin­ger­bread cot­tages paint­ed vary­ing pas­tel shades, it gives this set­tle­ment plen­ty of charm.