Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Massachusetts--Wood End Light

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WOOD END LIGHT

State: MASSACHUSETTS
Location: ENTRANCE TO PROVINCETOWN HARBOR
Nearest City: PROVINCETOWN
County: BARNSTABLE
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1864

U.S. Coast Guard photo, 1980

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1872
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1960
Foundation Materials: CONCRETE
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: SQUARE
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 39
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1872
Present Optic: VEGA VRB-25, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed: 1998
Height of Focal Plane: 45
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1864
Description: DAYMARK
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO (DISMANTLED)

Year Constructed: 1872
Construction Materials: WOOD
Architectural Style: PYRAMIDAL TOWER
Fog Signal Type: HORN/ORIG. BELL

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DEMOLISHED 1961)

Year Constructed: 1896

Other Structures: BRICK OIL HOUSE (1896)

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO AMERICAN LIGHTHOUSE FOUNDATION

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87001504
Name of Listing: WOOD END LIGHT LOOKOUT STATION (LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETTS TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Tues, Apr 9 2002 3:22:02 pm EDT
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