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Sandy Neck Light

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Deactivated
  
1931-2007

Height
  
12 m

Opened
  
1826

Year first constructed
  
1826

Original lens
  
5th order Fresnel lens

Construction started
  
1826

Range
  
7,408 m

Materials
  
Cast iron, Steel

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Location
  
Barnstable, Massachusetts

Year first lit
  
1857 (current structure)

Tower shape
  
Cylindrical Stone Tower

Markings / pattern
  
White with black bands and lantern

Similar
  
Wing's Neck Light, West Dennis Light, Wood End Light, Point Gammon Light, Stage Harbor Light

Sandy Neck Light was first established in 1826. The current tower was built in 1857 and strengthened in the 1880s. It was discontinued in 1931, replaced by a skeleton tower, which was discontinued in 1952. The light was relit as a private aid to navigation in 2007.

References

Sandy Neck Light Wikipedia