Billingsgate Island Light

Billingsgate Island Light
US Coast Guard photo
Location Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Coordinates
Year first constructed 1822
Year first lit 1858 (last structure)
Deactivated destroyed by storm 1915
Foundation Granite
Construction Brick
Tower shape Square
Markings / pattern Red with black lantern
Focal height 41ft (13m)
Original lens Fourth order Fresnel lens
Range 12 nm
Characteristic F W
Fog signal none

[1]

Billingsgate Island Light was located on what is still called Billingsgate Island[1] though it is underwater at high tide,[2] at the entrance to the harbor in Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

References

  1. ^ a b "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMA.asp. 
  2. ^ NOAA (2006). Chart 13250: Wellfleet Harbor, 1:40,000. 
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