Year first lit 1872 Foundation Concrete Height 12 m Range 24,076 m Added to NRHP 15 June 1987 | Automated 1961 Tower shape Square, pyramidal Opened 1872 Material Brick Constructions Brick, Concrete | |
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Location Provincetown, Massachusetts Year first constructed 1864 (lookout station)
1872 (lighthouse built) Similar Long Point Light Station, Race Point Light, Sandy Neck Light, Stage Harbor Light, Wing's Neck Light | ||
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Wood End Light Lookout Station is a historic lighthouse, located at the southwest end of Long Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts. It is located at Wood End, near the southernmost extent of the Provincetown Spit, and acts as a navigational aid to vessels on their approach to Provincetown Harbor.
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- Map of Wood End Light Lookout Station Provincetown MA 02657 USA
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Map of Wood End Light Lookout Station, Provincetown, MA 02657, USA
The light was first illuminated on November 20, 1872 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. In 1981, Wood End Light became the first Massachusetts lighthouse to be converted to use solar energy to power the light and fog signal equipment.
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