Bishop and Clerks Light
 Bishop and Clerks Light, 2005 | |
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| Location | Hyannis, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°34′27.32″N 70°15′0.2″W / 41.5742556°N 70.250056°WCoordinates: 41°34′27.32″N 70°15′0.2″W / 41.5742556°N 70.250056°W |
| Year first constructed | 1858 |
| Year first lit | 1998 |
| Foundation | Granite |
| Construction | Fiberglass |
| Tower shape | Cylindrical |
| Markings / pattern | White with red band |
| Height | 30 feet (9.1 m) |
| Focal height | 45 feet (14 m) |
| Range | 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 6s |
| Admiralty number | J0426.68 |
| ARLHS number | USA-058 |
| USCG number | 1-14490[1][2] |
 Original tower | |
| Location | Hyannis, Massachusetts |
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| Year first constructed | 1858 |
| Automated | 1923 |
| Deactivated | 1928, destroyed 1952 by USCG |
| Construction | Granite |
| Tower shape | Cylindrical |
| Markings / pattern | Gray granite tower, black lantern, lead colored fog bell tower on west side. |
| Height | 59.5 feet (18.1 m) from base to center of lantern |
| Original lens | 4th order Fresnel lens |
| Characteristic | Fl W 30s with red sector |
| Fog signal | Bell every 15 seconds[2][3] |
Bishop and Clerks Light is a lighthouse located in open water on Bishop and Clerks Rocks, about two nautical miles south of Point Gammon in Hyannis, Massachusetts.
The light was established in a granite tower in 1858.[4] It was automated in 1923, deactivated five years later and demolished in 1952.[5][6] The Coast Guard has erected a fiberglass pole on the site with a light on top.
References
- ↑ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2010. p. 128.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rowlett, Russ (2009-12-14). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southeast Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office.
- ↑ Elinor De Wire (2008). The Field Guide to Lighthouses of the New England Coast: 150 Destinations in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Voyageur Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-61060-525-0.
- ↑ Edward Rowe Snow (2005). The Lighthouses of New England. Applewood Books. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-933212-20-3.
- ↑ Tim Harrison; Ray Jones (1999). Lost Lighthouses: Stories and Images of America's Vanished Lighthouses. Globe Pequot Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7627-0443-9.
