Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Massachusetts--Butler Flats Light

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BUTLER FLATS LIGHT

State: MASSACHUSETTS
Location: NEW BEDFORD CHANNEL / ACUSHNET RIVER
Nearest City: NEW BEDFORD
County: BRISTOL
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1804

Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1898
Is the Light Operational? YES (PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION)
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1978
Foundation Materials: CAST IRON/CONCRETE CAISSON
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE TOWER/BLACK BASE & LANTERN
Shape: CONCIAL ON CYLINDRICAL BASE
Relationship to Other Structures: INTEGRAL
Tower Height: 53
Original Optic: FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: RB-300 MAXLUMINA ROTATING BEACON
Year Present Lens Installed: 1998
Height of Focal Plane: 53
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date:
Description:
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: (INACTIVE)

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1898
Number of Stories: 0
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL
Construction Materials: BRICK

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: PRIVATE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO CITY OF NEW BEDFORD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87001528
Name of Listing: BUTLER FLATS LIGHT (LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETTS TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
REPLACED LIGHT AT CLARK'S POINT; DESIGNED BY F. HOPKINSON SMITH; REPLACEMENT LIGHT BUILT ON BREAKWATER IN 1975

Last Modified: Fri, Apr 5 2002 1:47:02 pm EDT
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