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Monomoy Point
State: MA
Year established: 1823
Latitude: 41 deg 33
min 34 sec N
Longitude: 69 deg 59
min 37 sec W
Height above sea level: 47 feet Original construction:
wooden tower & iron lantern atop brick keeper's house Rebuilds:
 1849: 40-foot cast iron, brick-lined tower, connected with white dwelling by covered way
Status:
Decommissioned in 1923; managed by U.S.Fish & Wildlife Service
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/monomoy/index.html
Holland Jr., F. Ross, Great American Lighthouses, National Historic Trust Guide, (Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1989), p. 103
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