Alternate Name(s):
THACHER ISLAND
Type:
Year Established:
1771
Existing:
Yes
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2005
Photo Courtesy of:
Mike & Carol McKinney
LOCATION
Location:
THACHER ISLAND, OFF EAST COAST OF CAPE ANN
Latitude:
42° 38.2'
Longitude:
70° 34.5'
City / Town:
ROCKPORT
U.S. State:
Massachusetts
Location County:
ESSEX
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
Town of Rockport and Thacher Island Association
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1861
Tower Construction Material:
CUT GRANITE
Tower Foundation:
GRANITE (SURFACE ROCK)
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
166
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
124
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
Yes
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
WHITE PAINTED BRICK
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1816
Keeper's Quarters Style:
GREEK REVIVAL (?)
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
PAINTED WHITE BRICK
Other Structures:
BRICK OIL HOUSE, ELECTRIC HOUSE (1902?), BOATHOUSE (REBUILT 1991), RAMP (DAMAGED IN 1995), CISTERN, FORMER KEEPERS (USED FOR STORAGE), STONE FOUNDATION OF NORTH TOWER'S KEEPERS, RAILWAY, HELICOPTER PAD (1987), SOLAR PANEL STRUCTURE
OPTICS
Current Optic:
VRB-25, SOLAR POWERED (SOUTH TOWER); 200 MM (NORTH TOWER)
Original Optic Type:
FIRST ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1861
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1980 (SOUTH TOWER)
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017
North light was deactivated 1932 and the lens was destroyed, relighted as a private aid in 1989. (www.newenglandlighthouses.net)
South Tower was deactivated in 1980 and lens was removed and is now on display.