Broad Sound Channel Range

Type:
Year Established:
1903
Existing:
No
Broad Sound Channel Range
Download:
1946_10_27_2.jpeg (891.61 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1946.10.27
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont Collection
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
Spectacle Island, Boston Inner Harbor
Latitude:
42° 19.40'
Longitude:
70° 59.03'
City / Town:
Boston
U.S. State:
Massachusetts
Location County:
Suffolk
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Broad Sound Channel Range
  2. Broad Sound Channel Range
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Discontinued:
ca. 1950s
Disposition:
Destroyed
Year Tower Established:
1903
Tower Construction Material:
wood
Tower Shape:
Conical
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
0

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
Fourth Order
Year Original Lens Installed:
1903
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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Comments:
  • Front range focal plane - 53'
  • Rear range focal plane - 70'
    • Entered by:
    t.wheeler
    Entered Date:
    Jan 15, 2018