Marblehead Light (Massachusetts)

Marblehead Light
Marblehead Light
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LocationMarblehead Neck, Massachusetts
Coordinates42°30′19.6″N 70°50′1.2″W / 42.505444°N 70.833667°W / 42.505444; -70.833667
Tower
Constructed1835 replaced 1895
FoundationConcrete
ConstructionCast Iron (current)
Automated1960
Height105 feet (32 m)
ShapeSquare skeletal
MarkingsBrown with black gallery and lantern
HeritageNational Register of Historic Places listed place Edit this on Wikidata
Light
First lit1835 (original light)
Focal height130 feet (40 m)
LensSixth-Order Fresnel lens (original), 300 millimetres (12 in) (current)
Range7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi)
CharacteristicFixed green
Marblehead Light
LocationMarblehead Neck, Marblehead, Massachusetts
Arealess than one acre
Built1835
MPSLighthouses of Massachusetts TR
NRHP reference No.87001479[1]
Added to NRHPJune 15, 1987

Marblehead Light is situated on Marblehead Neck in Essex County, Massachusetts. The current tower is a skeletal structure that replaced the original 1835 brick and wood tower in 1895. It is the only tower of its type in New England; the next similar tower is to be found at Coney Island, New York. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places, on June 15, 1987 as number #87001479 under Lighthouses of Massachusetts Thematic Group.[1]

The United States Coast Guard Light List[2] description is "Square skeleton tower; brown to gallery; black above". The actual light is 130 feet (40 m) above Mean High Water. Its fixed green light is visible for 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi).

Marblehead Light 1-19-2024
  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 5.