Year first lit 1947 (skeleton tower) Tower shape Skeleton Tower Characteristic Q W Focal height 19 m | Deactivated 2005 Markings / pattern NR Dayboard Opened 1823 Year first constructed 1823 | |
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Location Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts Address West End Rd, Cuttyhunk, MA 02713, USA Similar Lovells Island Range Li, Ipswich Range Lights, Nantucket Cliff Range Lights, Dumpling Rocks Light, Spectacle Island Range Li | ||
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.
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