Alternate Name(s):
Bug Light
Type:
Year Established:
1856
Existing:
No
Download:
26-LG-8-62.jpg (7.73 MB)
File Type:
jpg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
1929.05.17
Photo Credit:
NA RG 26-LG-8-62
Collection / Donor:
LOCATION
Location:
BOSTON NARROWS CHANNEL
Latitude:
42° 19.22'
Longitude:
70° 55.11'
U.S. State:
Massachusetts
Location County:
SUFFOLK
Country:
United States
OWNER & ACCESS
Open to Public:
No
STRUCTURE
Year Discontinued:
1929
Disposition:
Destroyed by Fire 1929
Year Tower Established:
1856
Tower Construction Material:
WOOD/CAST IRON
Tower Foundation:
SCREWPILE
Tower Shape:
HEXAGONAL DWELLING
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Keeper's Quarters?:
No
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1856
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD
OPTICS
Original Optic Type:
FIFTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1856
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
No
Entered by:
Entered Date:
Jan 15, 2018