Dumpling Rocks Light
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.
 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 |
| 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 | |
.jpg.webp) 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 |
References
- "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.
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