Location | Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 41°23′49.2″N 71°2′4.9″W / 41.397000°N 71.034694°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1847 (lightships) 1961 (Texas Tower) 1997 (current structure) |
Foundation | Steel piles filled with concrete |
Construction | Steel |
Automated | 1980 |
Shape | Tower, on red square on 3 piles with large tube in center |
Markings | Red, with "BUZZARDS" |
Fog signal | HORN: 2 every 30s |
Racon | "B" (Bravo) |
Light | |
First lit | 1997 |
Focal height | 67 feet (20 m) |
Range | 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl W 2.5s |
Buzzards Bay Entrance Light is a lighthouse located in open water at the entrance to Buzzards Bay, about four nautical miles west southwest of Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts.[1][2][3] The light has a racon showing the letter "B".[2]
In 1996 the present structure replaced a Texas Tower built in 1961, which in turn had replaced the lightships Hens & Chickens (LV-5) and Vineyard Sound (LV-10). Since it sits in water 50 ft (15m) deep, a conventional lighthouse would have been difficult, forcing the choice of structure.[1]