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East Chop
State: MA
Year established: 1869
Latitude: 41 deg 28
min 13 sec N
Longitude: 70 deg 34
min 3 sec W
Height above sea level: 79 feet Original construction:
private wooden light and house Rebuilds:
 1871: original light burnt down, replaced by lantern atop residence
1878: present 40-foot brown cast-iron tower
Status:
automated 1933; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
isophase green 6 seconds (3-second green flash alternating with 3 seconds dark), visible for 9 nautical miles
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/eastchop/index.html
Holland Jr., F. Ross, Great American Lighthouses, National Historic Trust Guide, (Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1989), p. 108
Office of the Light House Board, List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States, (Washington, DC: GPO, 1895), pp. 38-39
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