Year first constructed 1768 Construction Cedar shingle Automated 1986 Current lens length 9.9 cm Added to NRHP 8 March 1977 | Foundation Granite Tower shape Octagonal pyramidal Opened 1768 Focal height 31 m Nearest city Duxbury | |
 | ||
Location Plymouth, Massachusetts Year first lit 1843 (current structure) Similar Duxbury Pier Light, Saquish Head, Bird Island Light, Minot's Ledge Light, Long Island Head Light | ||
Christmas holiday lights plymouth lights minnesota mn remember jesus plymouthlights com
Plymouth Light, also known as Gurnet Light, is a historic lighthouse located on Gurnet Point at the entrance to Plymouth Bay in the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. The light is accessible only by passing through the town of Duxbury, which lies to the north.
Contents
- Christmas holiday lights plymouth lights minnesota mn remember jesus plymouthlights com
- Map of Gurnett Light Duxbury MA 02332 USA
- Festival of lights new plymouth
- References
Map of Gurnett Light, Duxbury, MA 02332, USA
The original lighthouse was built in 1768, burned down and rebuilt in 1801, when the single light became a pair, and rebuilt again in 1842, again as a pair. The light gradually lost importance as Plymouth Harbor silted up and lost most of its traffic. Then, when the Cape Cod Canal opened in 1914, there was a significant increase in vessel traffic past the light. The northeast tower was torn down and the remaining tower upgraded from a sixth order Fresnel lens to one of the fourth order. The fourth order lens is now on display at the Lifesaving Museum in Hull, Massachusetts. The light is the oldest wooden lighthouse in the United States. The light was relocated approximately 140 feet (43 m) to the north in December 1998 because of beach erosion. The property and the Duxbury Pier Light, in open water 2.3 nmi (4.3 km; 2.6 mi) to the SW are both managed by Project Gurnet and Bug Lights, Inc.
The actual light is 102 feet (31 m) above Mean High Water. Its white light is visible for 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi); its red sector, which covers Mary Ann Rocks, is visible 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi).
Plymouth Light was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Plymouth Light Station on March 8, 1977.