Spectacle Island Range Lights

Spectacle Island Range Lights
Original location and marking.
Location Spectacle Island
Boston Harbor
Year first constructed 1897
Deactivated 1913
Foundation Masonry
Construction Wood
Tower shape Octagonal
Markings / pattern White
later White with red center stripe
Focal height Front 29ft (9m)
Rear 54ft (16m)
Characteristic Fixed Red
Fog signal none
ARLHS number Front USA-953
Rear USA-954

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The Spectacle Island Range Lights were a pair of range lights on Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor. They were established in 1897 and discontinued in 1913 after changes in the entrance channels to the harbor made them obsolete.

References

  1. ^ Rowlett, Russ (2009-10-24). "Lighthouses of the United States: Northern Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/ma.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. 
  3. ^ "New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide". Jeremy D'Entremont. 2009-10-24. http://www.lighthouse.cc/spectacle/index.html. 
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