Plymouth

Alternate Name(s):
Gurnet
Type:
Year Established:
1768
Existing:
Yes
Plymouth Lighthouse
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File Type:
jpeg (image/jpeg)
Photo Date:
2013
Photo Credit:
Jeremy D'Entremont
Collection / Donor:

LOCATION

Location:
GURNET POINT/PLYMOUTH BAY
Latitude:
42° 0.2'
Longitude:
70° 36.1'
City / Town:
PLYMOUTH
U.S. State:
Massachusetts
Location County:
PLYMOUTH
Country:
United States

OWNER & ACCESS

Owner / Manager:
U.S. Coast Guard, licensed to Project Gurnet and Bug Lights
Open to Public:
Yes
Light List Data:
  1. Plymouth
Light list data courtesy Gary Riemenschneider

STRUCTURE

Year Tower Established:
1843
Tower Construction Material:
CEDAR SHINGLE
Tower Foundation:
GRANITE
Height of light above mean high water, in feet:
102
Height, in feet, from base of structure to center of lantern:
34
Tower Shape:
OCTAGONAL PYRAMIDAL
Fog Signal Building?:
No
Fog Signal Bldg Construction Materials:
BRICK
Keeper's Quarters?:
Yes
Year Keeper's Quarters:
1963
Keeper's Quarters Style:
MODERN - RANCH STYLE
Keeper's Quarters Construction:
WOOD FRAME
Other Structures:
LIFESAVING STATION NEARBY, STORAGE SHED ATTACHED TO TOWER, CISTERN

OPTICS

Active Aid to Navigation?:
Yes
Current Optic:
190 MM
Original Optic Type:
TWO FOURTH ORDER, FRESNEL
Year Original Lens Installed:
1871
Private Aid:
No
USCG Access to Optics:
Yes

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Comments:
  • Gurnet was the 8th lighthouse station in the colonies
  • First tower built in 1768 which burned down. Second permanent tower built in 1803.
  • This station had two towers. In 1922 two light stations were deemed obsolete as they had been discontinued in the rest of the world. The plan was to remove one tower, and make the remaining light more distinctive.
    • Entered by:
    t.wheeler
    Entered Date:
    Jul 20, 2017