Clarks Point

Year Established:
1804
Existing:
No
Download:
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
Light List Data:
  1. Clarks Point
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

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

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Year Original Lens Installed:
0
Private Aid:
Yes
USCG Access to Optics:
No

Comments:

LANTERN FROM OLD TOWER MOVED TO SQUARE TOWER ON PARAPET OF FORT IN 1869


Entered by:
t.wheeler
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018