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Race Point
State: MA
Year established: 1816
Latitude: 42 deg 3
min 44 sec N
Longitude: 70 deg 14
min 35 sec W
Height above sea level: 41 feet Original construction:
25-foot rubblestone tower Rebuilds:
 1876: present 45-foot brick-lined cast iron tower
Status:
electrified in 1957; automated 1978; active aid to navigation
Light characteristic:
Flashing white every 10 seconds visible for 16 nautical miles; fog signal, two blasts every 60 seconds
More information:
http://lighthouse.cc/race/index.html
Holland Jr., F. Ross, Great American Lighthouses, National Historic Trust Guide, (Washington, DC: The Preservation Press, 1989), p. 116
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