Bishop and Clerks Light is a lighthouse located in open water on Bishop and Clerks Rocks, about two nautical miles south of Point Gammon in Hyannis, Massachusetts, United States.[3][1]
 Bishop and Clerks Light, 2005 | |
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| Location | Hyannis, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates | 41°34′27.32″N 70°15′0.2″W / 41.5742556°N 70.250056°W |
| Tower | |
| Constructed | 1858 (original), 1998 |
| Foundation | Granite |
| Construction | Granite (original) Fiberglass |
| Automated | 1923 (original) |
| Height | 59.5 feet (18.1 m) from base to center of lantern (original) 30 feet (9.1 m) |
| Shape | Cylindrical |
| Markings | Gray granite tower, black lantern, lead colored fog bell tower on west side (original) White with red band |
| Fog signal | Bell every 15 seconds[1][2] (original) |
| Light | |
| First lit | 1998  |
| Deactivated | 1928, destroyed 1952 by USCG (original) |
| Focal height | 45 feet (14 m) |
| Lens | 4th order Fresnel lens (original) |
| Range | 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) |
| Characteristic | Fl W 30s with red sector(original) Fl W 6s (current) |
The light was established in a granite tower in 1858.[4] It was automated in 1923, deactivated five years later and demolished in 1952.[5][6] It was replaced with a white 30-foot pyramidal day beacon.[7][8] The day beacon was replaced with a round, orange and white 30-foot tower placed on top of the original Bishop & Clerk's granite base in 1998.[9][1][10]
References
edit- ^ a b c Rowlett, Russ (2009-12-14). "Lighthouses of the United States: Southeast Massachusetts". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- ^ "Historic Light Station Information and Photography: Massachusetts". United States Coast Guard Historian's Office. Archived from the original on 2017-05-01.
- ^ Light List, Volume I, Atlantic Coast, St. Croix River, Maine to Shrewsbury River, New Jersey (PDF). Light List. United States Coast Guard. 2010. p. 128.
- ^ Elinor De Wire (2008). The Field Guide to Lighthouses of the New England Coast: 150 Destinations in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire. Voyageur Press. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-61060-525-0.
- ^ Edward Rowe Snow (2005). The Lighthouses of New England. Applewood Books. p. 315. ISBN 978-1-933212-20-3.
- ^ Tim Harrison; Ray Jones (1999). Lost Lighthouses: Stories and Images of America's Vanished Lighthouses. Globe Pequot Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7627-0443-9.
- ^ "Bishop and Clerks Light history".
- ^ "Bishops and Clerks Lighthouse". Archived from the original on 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2019-07-12.
- ^ Crocker, Dave (June 29, 2012). "The little lighthouse that is no more". Barnstable Patriot. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015.
- ^ "Bishop and Clerks Lighthouse".
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