Location | Long Point, Provincetown, Massachusetts |
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Coordinates | 42°01′59″N 70°10′07″W / 42.03313°N 70.16865°W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1827 |
Foundation | Natural, emplaced |
Construction | Brick |
Automated | 1952 |
Height | 38 feet (12 m) |
Shape | Square tower |
Markings | White with black lantern |
Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place |
Fog signal | HORN: one 2-sec blast every 15 secs[note 1] Previous (1875): 1,200 lb (540 kg) fog bell |
Light | |
First lit | 1875 (re-built light) |
Focal height | 35.5 feet (10.8 m) above mean sea level |
Lens | Oil Lamp (1826); Sixth-order fresnel (1856); Fifth-order fresnel (1875; Solar-powered 300 mm lantern (1982) |
Range | 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) |
Characteristic | Oc G 4s (Green, occulting every 4 seconds) |
Long Point Light Station | |
MPS | Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR |
NRHP reference No. | 87002039[2] |
Added to NRHP | September 28, 1987 |
Long Point Light Station is a historic lighthouse at the northeast tip of Long Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts.[3] As a navigational aid, it marks the southwest edge of the entrance to Provincetown Harbor. The United States Coast Guard Light List describes it simply as a "white square tower".[3] The light it casts is green, occulting every 4 seconds, and, at a focal height of 35.5 feet (10.8 m) above mean sea level, has a visible range of 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi). When the weather affords low-visibility, one can hear the station's fog horn – sounding a single blast for two seconds, and repeating every 15 seconds – as it seems to call out for (and answer calls from) its nearly-identical closest neighbor, the Wood End Light.[note 1]
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