Here's the Derby Wharf Lighthouse near Salem. No witches in sight, but the early Pilgrims and other Puritan Massachusetts settlers would have approved of both this lighthouse's color scheme and design.
Here are a couple of Web sites about it:
New England Lighthouses: Derby Wharf Lighthouse
National Park Service: Derby Wharf Light Station
"Constructed in 1871 at the end of Derby Wharf, in Salem, Derby Wharf Light Station is one of only five square plan lighthouses in Massachusetts."
Lighthouse Friends: Derby Wharf, MA
So where is it, other than on the Salem waterfront? That would be here.
And the Lighthouse Directory tells us:
"1871. Reactivated (inactive 1977-1983; now maintained by the National Park Service); focal plane 25 ft (7.5 m); red flash every 6 s. 14 ft (4 m) square cylindrical brick tower with lantern and gallery, painted white; lantern black. ... This is probably the smallest traditional U.S. lighthouse. There was never a keeper's house for this light; keepers lived in their own houses in town and walked to work."
So here we go with four pictures, including an aerial shot.
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| by Jeff Folger |
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