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Long Island Head
State: MA
Year established: 1820
Latitude: 42 deg 19
min 49 sec N
Longitude: 70 deg 57
min 28 sec W
Height above sea level: 120 feet Original construction:
23-foot rubblestone and granite tower Rebuilds:
 1844: 36-foot cast-iron tower
1881: 36-foot cast-iron tower
1901: present 52-foot brick cylindrical tower
Status:
deactivated from 1982-1985; 1985: solar-powered and reactivated as aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
flashing white every 2.5 seconds, visible for 6 nautical miles
More information:
http://www.lighthouse.cc/longislandhead/index.html
Holland Jr., F. Ross, Great American Lighthouses, National Historic Trust Guide, (Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1989), p. 100
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. 32-33
U.S. Department of Homeland Security / United States Coast Guard, Light List, Volume 1 Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, ME to Shrewsbury River, NJ, (Washington, DC: GPO, 2003), p. 97
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