Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Lights
Lighthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Broad Sound Channel Inner Range Lights were a pair of lighthouses in Boston Harbor. They were removed around 1950 when the channel they helped to mark was superseded by a parallel channel to the north.
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the lights sometime after 1913, with the rear light in the foreground (USCG) | |
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Location | Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor |
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Coordinates | 42°19′40″N 70°59′03″W (front) 42°19′39″N 70°59′07″W (rear) |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1903 |
Construction | Wood |
Shape | Conical tower |
Markings | initially red; changed to white |
Light | |
Deactivated | around 1950 |
Focal height | 53 ft (16 m) (front) 70 ft (21 m) (rear) |
Lens | fourth order Fresnel lens [2] |
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