Location Hyannis, Massachusetts Automated 1923 (original) Tower shape Cylindrical Opened 1858 Focal height 14 m Year first constructed 1858 | Year first lit 1998 Foundation Granite Height 9.1 m Range 25,928 m Construction Granite | |
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Deactivated 1928, destroyed 1952 by USCG (original) Similar Point Gammon Light, Billingsgate Island Light, Dumpling Rocks Light, Nantucket Cliff Range Lights, Broad Sound Channel I | ||
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.
Map of Bishop and Clerks, Massachusetts, USA
The light was established in a granite tower in 1858. It was automated in 1923, deactivated five years later and demolished in 1952. The Coast Guard has erected a fiberglass pole on the site with a light on top.
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