Type:
Year Established:
1871
Existing:
Yes
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2005
Photo Courtesy of:
Mike & Carol McKinney
LOCATION
Location:
MAIN CHANNEL TO SALEM HARBOR
Latitude:
42° 32.8'
Longitude:
70° 51.4'
City / Town:
BEVERLY
U.S. State:
Massachusetts
Location County:
ESSEX
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Owner / Manager:
U.S. Coast Guard
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Tower Established:
1872
Tower Construction Material:
BRICK
Tower Foundation:
GRANITE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
70
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
45
Tower Shape:
SQUARE PYRAMIDAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1871
Keeper's Quarters Style:
QUEEN ANNE REVIVAL
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
Other Structures:
BRICK OIL HOUSE (1871), WOOD GARAGE (1942), EQUIPMENT BUILDING (1875)
OPTICS
Current Optic:
THIRD-ONE-HALF ORDER FRESNEL
Original Optic Type:
THIRD-ONE-HALF ORDER FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1872
Private Aid:
No
Year Automated:
1947
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jul 20, 2017
According to Lighthouse Friends, Beverly’s First Baptist Church served as a rear range light for entering Salem and Beverly Harbors. Located about a mile away from Hospital Point, the rear light shines through a steeple window, 127 feet above mean high water. The electric beacon in the spire originally had two lamps, one being a spare, and a switching relay would place the spare lamp in operation if the main lamp failed. An astronomical clock, capable of determining the times of sunset and sunrise throughout the year at Beverly, was wound each day at sunset by an auxiliary motor and was responsible for turning the steeple light on and off.