Ipswich Range Rear

Type:
Year Established:
1809
Existing:
No
Ipswich lighthouse
Download:
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1921
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
5 Miles East Of Ipswich
Latitude:
42° 41.00'
Longitude:
70° 46.00'
City / Town:
IPSWICH
U.S. State:
Massachusetts
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Open to Public:
No
Light List Data:
  1. Ipswich Range Rear
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Disposition:
Two Towers Est. 1838; Rear Tower Replaced by Iron Tower in 1880; Front Range Discontinued 1932
Year Tower Established:
1881
Tower Foundation:
MOVABLE
Tower Shape:
CONICAL (REAR RANGE)
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1838
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
BRICK
Other Structures:
FRONT RANGE IS PYRAMIDAL SKELETAL TOWER

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
No
Year Original Lens Installed:
0
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Comments:

The rear range tower was moved to Edgartown (Martha's Vineyard), Massachusetts, in 1939, where it replaced the earlier Edgartown Lighthouse, which had been badly damaged in the hurricane of 1938. (www.newenglandlighthouses.net)

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