Deer Island

Year Established:
1890
Existing:
No
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1951

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
Light List Data:
  1. Deer Island
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

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

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER
Year Original Lens Installed:
1890
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No

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