Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Massachusetts--Bakers Island Light

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BAKERS ISLAND LIGHT

State: MASSACHUSETTS
Location: BAKERS ISLAND / SALEM HARBOR APPROACH
Nearest City: SALEM
County: ESSEX
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1791

1981 photo by U.S. Coast Guard

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1821
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1972
Foundation Materials: GRANITE
Construction Materials: GRANITE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 59
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1855
Present Optic: 190 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 111
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FOURTH ORDER FRESNEL IS AT SHORE VILLAGE MUSEUM, ROCKLAND, MAINE
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1791
Description: DAYMARK
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? YES

Year Constructed: 1907
Construction Materials: BRICK
Architectural Style:
Fog Signal Type: AIR HORN/ORIG. BELL, SIREN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1878
Number of Stories: 1.5
Architectural Style: VICTORIAN
Construction Materials: WOOD

Other Structures: OIL HOUSE, 2ND KEEPERS DWELLING

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO BAKERS ISLAND ASSOCIATION

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #76000289
Name of Listing: BAKER'S ISLAND LIGHT STATION (LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETTS TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

HABS/HAER Documentation? YES, ME-172

Miscellaneous:
TWIN TOWERS ORIGINALLY AT SITE

Last Modified: Fri, Apr 5 2002 9:53:02 am EDT
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