In my recent post about lighthouses for sale in the USA, I noted that the Nobska Lighthouse might be a good pick-up for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, which is just a couple of miles away. To illustrate that, I'm going to have two location maps in this post, one a closeup, and one a bit further out to show where Woods Hole and Falmouth are in relation to eastern Massachusetts.
So here's the closeup (click on that).
And here's the long view (click on that).
So is this lighthouse a good one to invest in? Let's get more information on it from the Lighthouse Directory below. It's somewhat cool that it still has a Fresnel lens.
"1876 (station established 1828). Active; focal plane 87 ft (26.5 m); white flash every 6 s, day and night; red sector covers dangerous shoals. 40 ft (12 m) "Race Point" round cylindrical cast iron tower (brick lined) with lantern and gallery, attached to 1-1/2 story wood keeper's house. The buildings are floodlit at night. Fog horn (2 blasts every 30 s). 4th order Fresnel lens (1888) in use. Buildings painted white, roofs red, lantern black. Oil house and utility buildings also preserved. ... The keeper's house was for many years the residence of the commander of Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England. In November 2013, however, the Coast Guard announced that the house needed $550,000 in repairs. It offered to lease or sell the building to any organization that would restore it. In December 2014 a new nonprofit organization, the Friends of Nobska Light, formed to work for preservation of the lighthouse. In March 2016 the Town of Falmouth accepted a management license from the Coast Guard and in April management was transferred to the town. The Friends planned to restore the lighthouse and open it to the public with a museum in the keeper's house. A drive began to raise $4 million for the restoration. Exterior restoration of the tower began in September 2017. In March 2021 the contractor DellbrookJKS completed its work restoring the interior. In 2023 the lighthouse became available for transfer under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act (NHLPA); the Town and the Friends will apply for ownership."
So I guess WHOI probably won't add it to their real estate holdings.
More links about this one:
Nobska Point Lighthouse (Lighthouse Friends)
Nobska Point Lighthouse - Falmouth (New England Lighthouses)
Now for the picture section, including the lens. Looks like they were about to put the Christmas wreath on the lighthouse when one of them was taken.
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