Palmer Island Light
 Palmer Island Light, in 2013 | |
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| Location | New Bedford, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°37′37″N 70°54′33″W / 41.62694°N 70.90917°WCoordinates: 41°37′37″N 70°54′33″W / 41.62694°N 70.90917°W |
| Year first constructed | 1849 |
| Automated | 1941 |
| Deactivated | 1962, reactivated as a private aid |
| Tower shape | Conical rubble tower |
| Markings / pattern | White |
| Original lens | Fifth order Fresnel lens |
| Characteristic | Fl W 4s |
| Fog signal |
Original: Bell Current: none |
| USCG number | |
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Palmer Island Light Station | |
| Architect | Charles M. Pierce |
| Governing body | ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS |
| MPS | Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR (AD) |
| NRHP Reference # |
80000433 [3] |
| Added to NRHP | March 26, 1980 |
Palmer Island Light Station is a historic lighthouse in New Bedford Harbor in New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA. The lighthouse was built in 1849 out of stone rubble. It was discontinued when the harbor's hurricane barrier was built in the early 1960s, as its location immediately north of the barrier was no longer an outlying danger and there are lights on either side of the barrier opening.
From 1888 until 1891 it served, with Fairhaven Bridge Light, as a range light to guide vessels past Butler Flats, a rocky shoal on the west side of the entrance channel.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Palmer Island Light Station on March 26, 1980.[3]
Nomenclature
- The USCG historical web site[1] calls it "Palmer Island Light"
- The current USCG Light List[2] calls it "Palmers Island Light"
- The National Register of Historic Places[3] calls it "Palmer Island Light Station"
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-09-01.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 152.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15.
External Links
- D'Entremont, Jeremy (2014). "History of Palmers Island Light, New Bedford, Massachusetts". New England Lighthouses: A Virtual Guide.
- Penberthy, Brian (2014). "Palmer Island Lighthouse New Bedford, Massachusetts - 1849". US Lighthouses.com.
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