 Nauset Light, oil house and lightkeeper's home | |
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| Location | Nauset Beach, Eastham, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°51′36.5″N 69°57′10.6″W / 41.860139°N 69.952944°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1877 |
| Foundation | Concrete |
| Construction | Cast iron with brick lining |
| Automated | 1955 |
| Height | 48 feet (15 m) |
| Shape | Conical |
| Markings | Upper red, lower white with black lantern |
| Heritage | National Register of Historic Places listed place  |
| Fog signal | none |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1877 (current tower in Chatham) 1923 (current tower here) |
| Deactivated | 1996-97 now a private aid |
| Focal height | 120 feet (37 m) |
| Lens | 4th order Fresnel lens (original), Carlisle & Finch DCB-224 (current) |
| Range | White 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi), Red 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) |
| Characteristic | Alt white and red 10s |
Nauset Beach Light | |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1875 |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| MPS | Lighthouses of Massachusetts TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 87001484[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 15, 1987 |
Nauset Light, officially Nauset Beach Light,[2] is a restored lighthouse on the Cape Cod National Seashore near Eastham, Massachusetts, erected in 1923 using the 1877 tower that was moved here from the Chatham Light.[2][3][4] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The tower is a cast-iron plate shell lined with brick and stands 48 feet (15 m) high. The adjacent oil house (where fuel was stored in the early days) is made of brick and has also been restored. Fully automated, the beacon is a private aid to navigation. Tours of the tower and oil house are available in summer from the Nauset Light Preservation Society which operates, maintains and interprets the site. The tower is located adjacent to Nauset Light Beach.
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