Inventory of Historic Light Stations--Massachusetts--The Graves Light

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GRAVES (THE) LIGHT

State: MASSACHUSETTS
Location: BOSTON NORTH CHANNEL / MASSACHUSETTS BAY
Nearest City: WINTHROP
County: SUFFOLK OR PLYMOUTH
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1905

NPS photo by Ralph Eshelman, 1998

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1905
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1976
Foundation Materials: GRANITE
Construction Materials: GRANITE BLOCK
Markings/Patterns: NATURAL W/BLACK LANTERN
Shape: CONICAL
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 113
Original Optic: FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed: 1905
Present Optic: VRB-25, SOLAR POWERED
Year Present Lens Installed: 2001
Height of Focal Plane: 98
Fresnel Lens Disposition: FIRST ORDER FRESNEL LENS IS AT SMITHSONIAN IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s): N/A

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: HORN

Existing Keepers Quarters? YES

Year Constructed: 1905
Number of Stories:
Architectural Style: INTEGRAL
Construction Materials: GRANITE

Other Structures: GRANITE OIL HOUSE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87002041
Name of Listing: GRAVES LIGHT STATION (LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETTS TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:
LATE EXAMPLE OF EXPOSED CONSTRUCTION; STATION DAMAGED IN 1991 STORM; STAION WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF BOSTON ISLANDS NATIONAL RECREATION AREA

Last Modified: Tues, Apr 9 2002 10:24:02 am EDT
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