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TARPAULIN COVE LIGHT

State: MASSACHUSETTS
Location: NAUSHON ISLAND OF ELIZABETH ISLANDS
Nearest City: GOSNOLD
County: DUKES
U.S.C.G. District: 1
Year Station Established: 1759

Existing Historic Tower:

Year Light First Lit: 1891
Is the Light Operational? YES
Date Deactivated: N/A
Automated: 1941
Foundation Materials: NATURAL/EMPLACED/CONCRETE
Construction Materials: BRICK
Markings/Patterns: WHITE
Shape: CYLINDRICAL ATTACHED TO WORKROOM
Relationship to Other Structures: SEPARATE
Tower Height: 28
Original Optic:
Year Original Lens Installed:
Present Optic: 300 MM
Year Present Lens Installed:
Height of Focal Plane: 78
Fresnel Lens Disposition:
Has tower been moved? NO

Previous Tower(s):

1. Construction Date: 1818
Description: 38-FOOT RUBBLESTONE CONICAL TOWER
Fate/Disposition: TORN DOWN
2. Construction Date: 1759
Description: PRIVATELY OPERATED LIGHTHOUSE
Fate/Disposition:

Modern Tower? NO

Existing Sound Signal Building? NO

Fog Signal Type: BELL (DISCONTINUED 1938)

Existing Keepers Quarters? NO (DEMOLISHED 1962)

Year Constructed: 1890
Number of Stories: 2
Architectural Style: GOTHIC
Construction Materials:

Other Structures: NONE

Current Use: ACTIVE AID TO NAVIGATION

Owner/Manager: U.S. COAST GUARD

Open to the Public? NO

Web Site:

National Register Status: LISTED; Reference #87001505
Name of Listing: TARPAULIN COVE LIGHT (LIGHTHOUSES OF MASSACHUSETTS TR)
On State List/Inventory? YES; Year Listed:

Miscellaneous:

Last Modified: Tues, Apr 9 2002 3:42:02 pm EDT
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