Bakers Island

Year Established:
1798
Existing:
Yes
Download:
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
Light List Data:
  1. Bakers Island
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

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

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
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:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017