Type:
Year Established:
1890
Existing:
No
Download:
291S_Deer_Island_MA_1951_CG3.jpeg (919.4 KB)
File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1951
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
President Roads / Boston Harbor
Latitude:
42° 20.40'
Longitude:
70° 57.30'
City / Town:
Bostob
U.S. State:
Massachusetts
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
0
Disposition:
Aga Fiberglass "matchstick" Tower Replaced 1890 Spark Plug Type Tower on Original Caisson Foundation in 1983; steel skeletal tower installed 2015.
Year Tower Established:
1890
Tower Construction Material:
CAST IRON
Tower Foundation:
PIER/CAISSON
Tower Shape:
SPARKPLUG
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
0
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1890
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
More Information
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
- Nor'easter on February 19, 1972, waves crashed the station, breaking through windows and flooding the station. Power was out and the U.S.C.G. sent Cutter Pendant to help pump out the water. The tower began to tip and C.G. Base Boston sent the directive to abandon the station. The 3-man crew was taken aboard the Pendant and delivered safely to the Base.
- An estimated $400,000 renovation determined the fate of the lighthouse. It was torn down in three weeks in 1982 and replaced by a white fiberglass structure