Alternate Name(s):
NANTUCKET
Type:
Year Established:
1784
Existing:
No
Download:
IMG_6309adj.jpg (4.33 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2016
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
NORTHERN TIP OF NANTUCKET ISLAND
Latitude:
41° 23.24'
Longitude:
70° 2.46'
City / Town:
NANTUCKET
U.S. State:
Massachusetts
Location County:
NANTUCKET
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
TRUSTEES OF RESERVATIONS
Open to Public:
Yes
STRUCTURE
Disposition:
Collapsed in 1984 Storm and Replaced with a Replica Tower
Year Tower Established:
1784
Tower Construction Material:
CONCRETE AND PLASTIC
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
71
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
60
Tower Shape:
CONICAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1890
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD FRAME
Other Structures:
COVERED WALKWAY BETWEEN KEEPERS AND TOWER, OIL HOUSE
OPTICS
Current Optic:
VRB-25 (SOLAR POWERED)
Original Optic Type:
THIRD ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
0
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
ca. 1950s
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018
1818 TOWER MOVED TO A NEW SITE IN 1872, A NEW KEEPERS ERECTED IN 1872 AND DEMOLISHED IN 1889, ANOTHER KEEPERS ERECTED 1890 TO ACCOMODATE 2 FAMILIES