Dumpling Rocks Light

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Dumpling Rocks Light
Dumpling Rock Light 1889 MA.JPG
US Coast Guard photo of the 1889 structure
Dumpling Rocks Light
Location Dumpling rocks, Barnstable County, United States OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Coordinates 41°32′18″N70°55′17″W / 41.53828°N 70.92142°W / 41.53828; -70.92142
Tower
Constructed1889  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Height14 m (46 ft)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Shapesquare wood tower attached to house
Markingswhite (tower), black (lantern)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Fog signal Second class Daboli trumpet, 1 every 15s [1]
Light
First lit1889  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Deactivated1942  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Focal height16 m (52 ft)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Lensfourth order Fresnel lens, fifth order Fresnel lens  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Characteristic F WR  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Dumpling Rocks Light 7 OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Replacing Outdated Lantern (25510247780).jpg
An electrician replaces the lantern with a self-contained LED light in 2016
Constructed1942  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Constructionskeleton tower
Markingssquare green daymark
Fog signal none
Focal height52 ft (16 m)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Range8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi)  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Characteristic Fl G 6s  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Dumpling Rocks Light is a light on a skeleton tower on Dumpling Rock, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. [2] It replaced the wooden Dumpling Rock Light, built 1889, which had replaced the original stone lighthouse established in 1829.

References

  1. "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. 2009-09-01. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
  2. United States Coast Guard (2009). Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey. p. 143.