dan not only drives engine number seven but also cares for the station's five fire horses. as of 2022, this is the last time the democrats won the class 2 senate seat from texas. however, self-propelled ones have been used since the 1960s. this hour is called the "hour of divine mercy" or the "hour of great mercy". this is due to it being fed from a large reservoir backed up behind a dam from which a constant flow of water is released. during that time it was the only lighthouse in the world to be powered by natural gas. 