Nantucket Cliff Lights

Nantucket Cliff Range Lights
Original installation from 1838
Location Nantucket Harbor
Nantucket, Massachusetts
Year first constructed 1838
Deactivated 1912
Construction Wood
Markings / pattern White
Characteristic Fixed
Fog signal none
ARLHS number Front USA-078
Rear USA-521

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The Nantucket Cliff Lights, also known as the Nantucket Cliff Range Lights were a set of range lights on Nantucket. Over the years, there were several sets of range lights to lead ships into Nantucket Harbor. The first, pictured here, were built in 1838. The second, a pair of conical white towers which still exist, although not on the same site, were discontinued in 1912.

References

  1. ^ Rowlett, Russ (2009-10-09). "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. 
  2. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-08-08. http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblighthouses/LHMA.asp. 
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