Type:
Year Established:
1804
Existing:
No
Download:
00420_n_9aeeg3qrg0203adj.jpg (1.28 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2001
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
Fort Taber / West Side Entrance to New Bedford Harbor
Latitude:
41° 35.32'
Longitude:
70° 53.43'
City / Town:
NEW BEDFORD
U.S. State:
Massachusetts
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
CITY OF NEW BEDFORD
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1898
Year Tower Established:
1869
Tower Construction Material:
STONE BLOCK
Tower Foundation:
FORT
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
68
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL TOWER W/O LANTERN
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
0
OPTICS
Year Original Lens Installed:
0
Private Aid:
Yes
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
LANTERN FROM OLD TOWER MOVED TO SQUARE TOWER ON PARAPET OF FORT IN 1869