Dumpling Rocks Light
Historic lighthouse in Massachusetts, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dumpling Rocks Light is a light on a skeleton tower on Dumpling Rock, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts.[2] It replaced the wooden Dumpling Rock Light, built 1889, which in turn replaced the original stone lighthouse established in 1829.
Quick Facts Location, Coordinates ...
Location | Dumpling rocks, Barnstable County, US |
---|---|
Coordinates | 41°32′18″N 70°55′17″W |
Tower | |
Constructed | 1889 |
Height | 14 m (46 ft) |
Shape | square wood tower attached to house |
Markings | white (tower), black (lantern) |
Fog signal | Second class Daboli trumpet, 1 every 15s[1] |
Light | |
First lit | 1889 |
Deactivated | 1942 |
Focal height | 16 m (52 ft) |
Lens | fourth order Fresnel lens, fifth order Fresnel lens |
Characteristic | F WR |
Dumpling Rocks Light 7 | |
Constructed | 1942 |
Construction | skeleton tower |
Markings | square green daymark |
Fog signal | none |
Focal height | 52 ft (16 m) |
Range | 8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi) |
Characteristic | Fl G 6s |
Close