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| Location | Sippican Harbor, Marion, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°40′9.5″N 70°43′2.4″W / 41.669306°N 70.717333°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1819 |
| Foundation | Surface rock |
| Construction | Rubble stone |
| Automated | 1997 |
| Height | 9.5 m (31 ft)  |
| Shape | Conical |
| Markings | White |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
| Fog signal | Original, pyramidal bell tower, none now |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1819 |
| Deactivated | 1933-1997 |
| Focal height | 37 feet (11 m) |
| Lens | Fourth order Fresnel lens (original) ML-300 (current)[1] |
| Characteristic | Fl W 6s |
Bird Island Light | |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1819 |
| MPS | Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87002030[2] |
| Added to NRHP | September 28, 1987 |
Bird Island Light is a historic lighthouse at the entrance to Sippican Harbor in Marion, Massachusetts.[3][4] Built in 1819, its tower is a well-preserved example of an early 19th-century masonry lighthouse. The tower and the island on which it stands were added to the National Register of Historic Places as Bird Island Light on September 28, 1987.[2]
- ^ Russ Rowlett. "Lighthouses of the United States: Southeastern Massachusetts". University of North Carolina. Archived from the original on October 30, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-09-05. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 154.