National Museum of American History, Behring Center
 


Lighthouse Postcards

Browse: Maps | Region/State | Name Index

Back

Narrows (Bug Light) postcard face - click to enlarge

Narrows (Bug Light) postcard obverse - click to enlarge

Narrows (Bug Light) postcard face - click to enlarge

Narrows (Bug Light) postcard obverse - click to enlarge

Locate on NOAA nautical chart

Narrows (Bug Light)

State: MA
Year established: 1856
Latitude: 42 deg 19 min 23 sec N
Longitude: 70 deg 55 min 8 sec W

Original construction:
lantern on roof of white hexagonal dwelling elevated on pile foundation

Status:
Destroyed by fire in 1929. Replaced by automated light on skeleton tower

More information:

http://lighthouse.cc/narrows/index.html
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

Back