Nantucket Range Lights

Nantucket Range Lights (rear)
The Rear Light
U.S. Coast Guard Photo
Location On rising ground, about one mile in rear of Brant Point Light
Coordinates
Year first constructed 1794
Year first lit 1869 (last tower of this set)
Deactivated 1908
Foundation Sills on wood posts
Construction Wood
Tower shape Pyramidal
Markings / pattern White
Original lens 21" reflector
Characteristic Fixed White
Fog signal none

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Brant Point Light (1856)
Brant Point Light, the front light of the range
U.S. Coast Guard photo
Location Brant Point, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Coordinates
Year first lit 1856 (current tower)
Deactivated 1908
Foundation Concrete and granite
Construction Brick
Tower shape Cylindrical tower
Markings / pattern Various
Original lens 4th order Fresnel lens
ARLHS number USA-1094

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The Nantucket Range Lights formed a range established to guide vessels down the narrow channel into Nantucket Harbor. They were a predecessor to the current Nantucket Harbor Range Lights.

The front light was the then current tower of Brant Point Light, built in 1856. The rear light, beginning in 1869 was a wood structure "on rising ground, about one mile in rear of Brant Point lighthouse, which could be moved to accommodate changes in the location of the channel." Before that it was a light in the keeper's hut.[1].

References

  1. ^ a b c "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMA.asp. 
  2. ^ a b Rowlett, Russ (2009-09-14). "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. 
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