US Coast Guard photo of the 1889 structure | |
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Location | Dumpling rocks, Barnstable County, US |
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Coordinates | 41°32′18″N 70°55′17″W / 41.53828°N 70.92142°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1889 ![]() |
Height | 14 m (46 ft) ![]() |
Shape | square wood tower attached to house |
Markings | white (tower), black (lantern) ![]() |
Fog signal | Second class Daboli trumpet, 1 every 15s[1] |
Light | |
First lit | 1889 ![]() |
Deactivated | 1942 ![]() |
Focal height | 16 m (52 ft) ![]() |
Lens | fourth order Fresnel lens, fifth order Fresnel lens ![]() |
Characteristic | F WR ![]() |
Dumpling Rocks Light 7 | |
![]() An electrician replaces the lantern with a self-contained LED light in 2016 | |
Constructed | 1942 ![]() |
Construction | skeleton tower |
Markings | square green daymark |
Fog signal | none |
Focal height | 52 ft (16 m) ![]() |
Range | 8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi) ![]() |
Characteristic | Fl G 6s ![]() |
Dumpling Rocks Light is a light on a skeleton tower on Dumpling Rock, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.[2] It replaced the wooden Dumpling Rock Light, built 1889, which in turn replaced the original stone lighthouse established in 1829.
References
[edit]- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-09-01. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 143.