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Nauset Beach
State: MA
Year established: 1838
Latitude: 41 deg 51
min 38 sec N
Longitude: 69 deg 57
min 7 sec W
Height above sea level: 114 feet Original construction:
Three 15-foot conical brick towers, 150 feet apart Rebuilds:
 1892: cliff erosion led to three new wooden towers farther inland
1911: Outer lights removed, center light retained
1923: 1877-built Chatham 48-foot brick-lined cast iron tower moved to site
1996: moved inland 340 feet, relighted; upper part red, lower part white
Status:
automated in 1955; private aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
alternating red and white flashes every 5 seconds, visible for 20 nautical miles
Notes:
National Park Service acquired the 1892 "3 Sisters" lights and relocated them near the Nauset Light
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/nauset/index.html
Holland Jr., F. Ross, Great American Lighthouses, National Historic Trust Guide, (Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1989), pp. 113-114
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. 7
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