Cuttyhunk Light

Cuttyhunk Light

The 1915 Lighthouse, USCG photo
Location Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts
Coordinates 41°24′51″N 70°56′59″W / 41.41417°N 70.94972°W / 41.41417; -70.94972Coordinates: 41°24′51″N 70°56′59″W / 41.41417°N 70.94972°W / 41.41417; -70.94972
Year first constructed 1823
Year first lit 1947 (skeleton tower)
Deactivated 2005
Tower shape Skeleton Tower
Markings / pattern NR Dayboard
Focal height 63ft (19m)
Range 8nm
Characteristic Q W
USCG number

1-15615 [1]

[2]

Cuttyhunk Light was a lighthouse at the west end of Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts. First established in 1823, it was rebuilt several times. The last lighthouse was built in 1891, with a 5th order Fresnel Lens in a 45-foot (14 m) tower. This was heavily damaged in the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944 and was torn down in 1947 and replaced by a skeleton tower. The keeper's house was also destroyed. The skeleton tower was discontinued in 2005. Only a stone oil house remains from the lighthouse station, missing its door and roof.

References

  1. ↑ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-08-12.
  2. ↑ United States Coast Guard (2005). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 149.

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