Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Lights

Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Lights
the lights sometime after 1913, with the rear light in the foreground (USCG)
Map
LocationSpectacle Island in Boston Harbor
Coordinates42°19′40″N 70°59′03″W / 42.32778°N 70.98417°W / 42.32778; -70.98417 (front)
42°19′39″N 70°59′07″W / 42.32750°N 70.98528°W / 42.32750; -70.98528 (rear)
Tower
Constructed1903
ConstructionWood
ShapeConical tower
Markingsinitially red; changed to white
Light
Deactivatedaround 1950
Focal height53 ft (16 m) (front)
70 ft (21 m) (rear)
Lensfourth order Fresnel lens

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The Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Lights were a pair of lighthouses in Boston Harbor. They were removed around 1950 when the channel they helped to mark was superseded by a parallel channel to the north.

  1. ^ List of Lights and Fog Signals on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. 1907. p. 42.
  2. ^ "Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Lights: History". Jeremy D'Entremont. 11 October 2023.