Type:
Year Established:
1828
Existing:
Yes
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Credit:
Ralph Eshelman
Photo Courtesy of:
U.S. Lighthouse Society
LOCATION
Location:
EDGARTOWN HARBOR/EAST END MARTHAS VINEYARD
Latitude:
41° 23.4'
Longitude:
70° 30.2'
City / Town:
EDGARTOWN
U.S. State:
Massachusetts
Location County:
DUKES
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
MARTHA'S VINEYARD MUSEUM
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1939
Tower Construction Material:
CAST IRON
Tower Foundation:
GRANITE BLOCKS W/FILL
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
45
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
45
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1875
Other Structures:
NONE
OPTICS
Current Optic:
250 MM, SOLAR POWERED
Original Optic Type:
FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1856
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017
Tower was built in 1881 and originally stood in Ipswich, Massachusetts. After the original (1828) Edgartown Lighthouse was badly damaged in a 1938 hurricane, it was demolished and the cast-iron tower was moved from Ipswich to Edgartown. (www.newenglandlighthouses.net)