Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Massachusetts--Cape Poge (Pogue) Light

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CAPE POGE (POGUE) LIGHT

State: MASSACHUSETTS
Location: MARTHAS VINEYARD / CHAPPAQUIDDICK ISLAND
Nearest City: EDGARTOWN
County: DUKES
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1801

Photo by Jeremy D'Entremont

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1893
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1943
Foundation Materials: STONE
Construction Materials: WOOD SHINGLE
Markings/Patterns: WHITE W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 35
Original Optic: FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1857
Present Optic: 300 MM, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 65 Fresnel Lens Disposition: LENS AT MARTHA'S VINEYARD HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM, EDGARTOWN, MA
Has tower been moved? YES, 1907, 1922, 1960, 1987

Previous Tower(s):

Construction Date: 1844
Description: WOODEN OCTOGONAL TOWER ON RUBBLE FOUNDATION
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DETERIORATED)

Year Constructed: 1851
Number of Stories: 0
Architectural Style:
Construction Materials:

Other Structures: ALL DESTROYED / ORIG. BOATHOUSE, GARAGE (1925), LOOKOUT TOWER (1942), CISTERN, STORAGE BUILDING

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD LEASE TO THE TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS

Open to the Public? YES (Go to Lighthouses to Visit for access information)

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87002040
Name of Listing: CAPE POGE LIGHT (LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETTS TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
THIRD TOWER ON SITE; TOWER REBUILT IN 1893 USING PLANS OF 1844 TOWER (LANTERN MOVED FROM 1844 TOWER TO 1893 TOWER); TOWER MOVED 150 FEET IN 1960; RELOCATED 500 FEET IN 1987 WHEN TOWER STOOD 13 FEET FROM EDGE OF BLUFF

Last Modified: Fri, Apr 5 2002 2:33:02 pm EDT
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