I went back to the list of lighthouses from the Daily Mail article for this one, which was in a post last month. This one is a domestic one, the restored Nauset Light on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. As it seems most restored lighthouses do, it has its own Web site.
Nauset Light Preservation Society
According to this Web site, the light is within the boundaries of the Cape Cod National Seashore, and is the most photographed lighthouse on Cape Cod. I'll have to figure out how many lighthouses there are on Cape Cod sometime.
It has something in common with the famous Cape Hatteras lighthouse - it had to be moved inland due to coastal erosion.
I will quote from the Web site for the stats:
"The present Nauset Lighthouse, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is made of cast iron with a brick lining and stands 48 feet high. It was built in 1877, and was located in Chatham as a twin to the one that is there today. In 1923, the smaller wooden lighthouse in Eastham was retired, and the north tower in Chatham was dismantled, moved to Eastham, and reconstructed about 200 feet from the edge of the cliff near the relocated keeper's house. In the 1940s, Nauset Lighthouse was painted red and white as a daytime indicator. In 1981, the light's Fresnel lens was replaced by two two rotating aero beacons. The signal was changed from three white flashes to one red and one white flash of 5 second intervals between them."It was moved away from the threatening sea in 1996.
Drone video:
And four pictures:
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| This was an Astronomy Photo of the Day (APOD) |
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