Cuttyhunk Light

Cuttyhunk Light
The 1915 Lighthouse, USCG photo
Map
LocationCuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts
Coordinates41°24′51″N 70°56′59″W / 41.41417°N 70.94972°W / 41.41417; -70.94972
Tower
Constructed1823
Height18 m (59 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
ShapeSkeleton Tower
MarkingsNR Dayboard
Light
First lit1947 (skeleton tower)
Deactivated2005
Focal height63ft (19m)
Lensfifth order Fresnel lens Edit this on Wikidata
Range8nm
CharacteristicQ W

Cuttyhunk Light was a lighthouse at the west end of Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts.[1][2] 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

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  1. ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Maine". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-08-12. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  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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