Dumpling Rocks Light
Dumpling Rocks Light is a light on a skeleton tower on Dumpling Rock, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. It replaced the wooden Dumpling Rock Light, built 1889, which in turn replaced the original stone lighthouse established in 1829.
 US Coast Guard photo of the 1889 structure | |
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| Location | Dumpling Rock, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°32′17.8″N 70°55′17.1″W |
| Year first constructed | 1829 (first tower) |
| Year first lit | 1889 (last tower) |
| Automated | 1942 |
| Deactivated | 1942 replaced by skeleton tower (below) |
| Tower shape | Square wood tower attached to house |
| Markings / pattern | Black lantern on white tower and house |
| Tower height | 14 metre  |
| Focal height | 16 metre |
| Original lens | Fourth and fifth order Fresnel lens |
| Range | 8 nautical mile |
| Characteristic | F W with R sector |
| Fog signal | Second class Daboli trumpet, 1 every 15s [1] |
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| Location | Dumpling Rock, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°32′17.8″N 70°55′17.1″W |
| Year first constructed | 1942 |
| Automated | 1942 |
| Deactivated | 1940 |
| Construction | Skeleton tower |
| Markings / pattern | Square Green Daymark |
| Tower height | 14 metre |
| Focal height | 52 feet (16 m) |
| Range | 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl G 6s |
| Fog signal | none |
| USCG number | 1-16040 [2] |
References
- "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-09-01. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 143.
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