Type:
Year Established:
1798
Existing:
Yes
Download:
BAKERS IMG_4757adj.jpeg (915.63 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2017
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
BAKERS ISLAND/SALEM HARBOR APPROACH
Latitude:
44° 14.5'
Longitude:
68° 12'
City / Town:
SALEM
U.S. State:
Massachusetts
Location County:
ESSEX
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
Essex National Heritage Commission
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1821
Tower Construction Material:
GRANITE
Tower Foundation:
GRANITE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
111
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
59
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
Yes
Year Fog Signal Building Constructed:
1907
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
BRICK
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1878
Keeper's Quarters Style:
VICTORIAN
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
OIL HOUSE, 2ND KEEPERS DWELLING
OPTICS
Current Optic:
VRB-25 (SOLAR POWERED)
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1855
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1972
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Comments:
This station had two towers. In 1922 two light stations were deemed obsolete as they had been discontinued in the rest of the world. The plan was to remove one tower, and make the remaining light more distinctive.
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017