Bishop and Clerks Light

Bishop and Clerks Light is a lighthouse located in open water on Bishop and Clerks Rocks, about two nautical miles south of Point Gammon in Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States.^[3][1]

Bishop and Clerks Light

Bishop and Clerks Light, 2005
Location	Hyannis, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°34′27.32″N 70°15′0.2″W
Tower
Constructed	1858 (original), 1998
Foundation	Granite
Construction	Granite (original) Fiberglass
Automated	1923 (original)
Height	59.5 feet (18.1 m) from base to center of lantern (original) 30 feet (9.1 m)
Shape	Cylindrical
Markings	Gray granite tower, black lantern, lead colored fog bell tower on west side (original) White with red band
Fog signal	Bell every 15 seconds[1][2] (original)
Light
First lit	1998
Deactivated	1928, destroyed 1952 by USCG (original)
Focal height	45 feet (14 m)
Lens	4th order Fresnel lens (original)
Range	14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi)
Characteristic	Fl W 30s with red sector(original) Fl W 6s (current)

The light was established in a granite tower in 1858.^[4] It was automated in 1923, deactivated five years later and demolished in 1952.^[5][6] It was replaced with a white 30-foot pyramidal day beacon.^[7][8] The day beacon was replaced with a round, orange and white 30-foot tower placed on top of the original Bishop & Clerk's granite base in 1998.^[9][1][10]

References

1. Rowlett, Russ (2009-12-14). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southeast Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
2. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
3. Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2010. p. 128.
4. Elinor De Wire (2008). The Field Guide to Lighthouses of the New England Coast: 150 Destinations in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Voyageur Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-61060-525-0.
5. Edward Rowe Snow (2005). The Lighthouses of New England. Applewood Books. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-933212-20-3.
6. Tim Harrison; Ray Jones (1999). Lost Lighthouses: Stories and Images of America's Vanished Lighthouses. Globe Pequot Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7627-0443-9.
7. "Bishop and Clerks Light history".
8. "Bishops and Clerks Lighthouse". Archived from the original on 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
9. Crocker, Dave (June 29, 2012). "The little lighthouse that is no more". Barnstable Patriot. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015.
10. "Bishop and Clerks Lighthouse".

External links

• Information on the lighthouse