.JPG) USCG photo of beacon | |
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| Location | On rising ground across the harbor, about one mile in rear of Brant Point Light |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 41°16′24″N 70°4′24″W / 41.27333°N 70.07333°W location in 1858 |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1794/1820? |
| Foundation | Sills on wood posts |
| Construction | Wood |
| Shape | Pyramidal |
| Markings | White |
| Fog signal | none [2] |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1856 |
| Deactivated | 1879? |
The Nantucket Beacon formed a range with the Brant Point Light to guide vessels into Nantucket harbor. Operated at various times in the 19th century, it was deactivated sometime after 1870. This range was eventually succeeded by the Nantucket Harbor Range Lights, which are still in operation.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Snow, Edward Rowe (1945). D'Entremont, Jeremy (ed.). The Lighthouses of New England (updated 2005 ed.). Carlisle, Massachusetts: Commonwealth Editions. pp. 277–278. ISBN 9781933212203. Retrieved 2012-09-28.