Butler Flats Light

Butler Flats Light
Lighthouse in 2007
Location New Bedford Channel, Acushnet River
Year first constructed 1805
Year first lit 1898 (current tower)
Automated 1978
Deactivated 1978
Foundation Cast iron/Concrete Caisson
Construction Brick
Tower shape Conical on cylindrical base
Markings / pattern White tower with black base and lantern
Focal height
Original lens Fifth order Fresnel lens
Characteristic Flashing white 4s
Admiralty number J0498
ARLHS number USA-099
USCG number 1-16853

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Butler Flats Light Station
Location: New Bedford Channel, New Bedford, Massachusetts
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1898
Architect: F. Hopkinson Smith
Governing body: U.S. Coast Guard
MPS: Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR
NRHP Reference#:

87001530

[4]
Added to NRHP: June 15, 1987

Butler Flats Light, New Bedford, Massachusetts is a sparkplug lighthouse located in the New Bedford outer harbor, at the mouth of the Acushnet River. It is currently operated by the City of New Bedford. The lighthouse is not open to the public, but is easily visible from the shore along East Rodney French Boulevard in New Bedford as well as other points along the city's waterfront.

The light was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Butler Flats Light Station on June 15, 1987, reference number 87001530.

References

  1. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMA.asp. 
  2. ^ (PDF) Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2009. p. 151. http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/lightLists/LightList%20V1.pdf. 
  3. ^ Rowlett, Russ (2009-12-15). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southeast Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/ma2.htm. 
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
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