Let's go domestic again and take a look at Ned's Point Lighthouse in Massachusetts.
What's the point, you ask? Maybe you should be asking where the point is, which is shown here. It's east of New Bedford on Buzzards Bay. Falmouth is on the other side of the water.
So, let's learn what we can about it.
"1838 (Leonard Hammond). Reactivated (inactive 1952-1961); focal plane 41 ft (12.5 m); white light, 3 s on, 3 s off. 39 ft (12 m) round rubblestone tower with lantern and gallery. 250 mm lens (1996). Lighthouse painted white, lantern and gallery black. ...
The Coast Guard sold the land surrounding the lighthouse to the Town of Mattapoisett in 1958. The lighthouse was restored through local efforts in 1993-98 and is maintained with the help of the Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 6-3. Auxiliary members worked on renovations to the lighthouse in 2011. In 2019 lead contamination was discovered in the lantern and the lighthouse was closed. It reopened in October 2021 after lead was removed and the lantern restored. In 2022 a campaign launched to raise $270,000 for a through restoration of the tower, and the town's Select Board expressed interest in taking ownership of the lighthouse."
Of course there will be pictures, and a video, below.
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